The Imperial College was located on the edge of the imperial city, and Yao Silian was able to lead hundreds of students there.
Obviously, what Xu Yi did today has spread throughout Chang'an City.
This kind of diffusion speed was something that even Xu Yi could not expect.
but.
After all, it is good news.
Among the millions of people in Chang'an City, anyone who can donate one-tenth of their money and food can greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient food for disaster relief.
Xu Yi is naturally happy to hear about this.
After the two greeted each other.
Yao Silian looked at Xu Yi with a smile on his face, looking at him and sighing in his eyes.
It’s not like no one has mentioned the strategy of asking people to donate money and food.
It's just that those who proposed this strategy, without exception, were all thrown into prison by Emperor Zhengde.
Nothing else.
In order to cope with the Huns' attack, the Zhou Dynasty had already increased a lot of taxes.
In the fifteenth year of Zhengde's reign, Emperor Zhengde increased taxes by more than ten items in order to supply the Mobei army.
After the decisive battle in Mobei, it took twelve years for these taxes to slowly decrease.
However, it has only returned to the level of Zhengde fifteen years ago.
In this case, asking people to donate money and food is said to be voluntary.
In fact, it will become mandatory in the lower counties.
At that time, the people who are forced to have no other choice will definitely rise up!
Because he understood this, Emperor Zhengde would not hesitate to put the person who made this suggestion into a prison and never use it again.
A merit monument can make people spontaneously donate money and food at home. This method is not unwise.
Yao Silian sighed softly and said with emotion: "You have done what countless people want to do but cannot."
Xu Yi chuckled and said modestly: "Mr. Yao, thank you for the award."
Yao Silian smiled and looked away from the topic and said straight to the point: "While I was teaching today, I suddenly heard about Jing Zhaoyin's feat, and I saw people flocking to me along the way."
"With such a united will, why worry about the drought continuing? I am deeply saddened and willing to do something small for disaster relief."
Yao Silian smiled and pointed at the hundreds of scholars behind him and continued: "Today, everyone, including the old man, will obey Jing Zhaoyin's orders."
Xu Yi did not shirk when he heard the words, his face straightened, he faced Yao Silian and hundreds of students behind him, and solemnly bowed his hands in salute.
He said in a deep voice: "On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people in Guanzhong, I would like to thank you all for your righteous deeds!"
Hundreds of Imperial College students returned the courtesy and said, "Master Jing Zhaoyin has spoken seriously."
...
With hundreds of students from the Imperial College joining.
The work efficiency of the entire Jingzhao Mansion has more than doubled in an instant.
The officials whose writing arms were so sore finally got a chance to relax.
Xu Yi stood upright in front of the Jingzhao Mansion, orderly directing one task after another.
Xu Yi was very busy at the beginning and made one or two mistakes.
Fortunately, he woke up in time and corrected himself.
Now, with the passage of time, Xu Yi is becoming more and more comfortable.
They seem to be just officials and students who command less than a thousand people.
In fact, Xu Yi still needs to be responsible for tens of thousands of enthusiastic people.
Counting, registering, checking, putting in and out of the warehouse, appeasing the people's emotions, replacing officials and students, dispatching carriages, and coordinating granaries.
Really, everything is learned.
And this experience will eventually benefit Xu Yi for life.
...
Just when the business in front of Jingzhao Mansion was in full swing.
Incense curled up in the Imperial City and the Grand Avenue Hall.
Emperor Zhengde sat cross-legged on a futon.
He closed his eyes slightly and breathed slowly and steadily.
Next to him, a man with gray hair and a large purple robe slowly tapped the wooden fish in his hand.
He kept reciting scriptures in his mouth.
For a moment, incense and fire filled the avenue hall, and there were bursts of true sounds.
What a peaceful atmosphere.
On the other hand, look at the side hall of the main road hall.
Six middle-aged men in yellow robes sat cross-legged on futons, facing a huge alchemy furnace in the center of the side hall and silently reciting scriptures that others could not hear.
After a while.
A series of crackling sounds came from the alchemy furnace.
And the sound became louder and louder.
When a loud sound of "Bang!" came into the main hall of the Avenue Hall.
The old Taoist priest in purple robe slowly placed the wooden fish in his hand on the table.
With a face full of piety, he knelt down and saluted the statue of the Three Purities enshrined in the main hall.
Emperor Zhengde on the side had already opened his eyes when the loud noise came. He stood up and quietly watched the old Taoist priest kneel down devoutly.
After the old Taoist priest knelt down and worshiped.
Emperor Zhengde hurriedly asked: "Master, is the elixir ready?"
The old Taoist priest smiled and said nothing, saluted slowly towards Emperor Zhengde, and then walked into the side hall.
Emperor Zhengde looked anxious and hurriedly followed.
Unexpectedly.
Emperor Zhengde has not yet entered the alchemy side hall.
The old Taoist stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, there was a loud noise just now, which was the vision coming from the sky when the elixir was completed."
"Your Majesty is a Taoist, but his foundation is still shallow. If you enter the alchemy room at this time, you may be shocked by the newly formed elixir."
"Your Majesty, please stay here for a while while I go to stabilize the situation."
"After the spiritual elixir is completed, Pindaoding will present it to His Majesty as soon as possible."
The words are over.
Emperor Zhengde didn't wait for him to continue speaking.
The old Taoist priest slowly closed the door of the side hall.
Emperor Zhengde was left waiting anxiously outside the palace.
Since the drought broke out, Emperor Zhengde has often been in a trance, and he often suffers nightmares in his sleep.
It was as if a ghost was holding down his hands and feet and covering his eyes.
I can't move but can't. I want to open my eyes but can't.
For this reason, Emperor Zhengde specially sought out folk Taoist masters and appointed them as national teachers.
Strange to say, after the arrival of the national master, he made several elixirs. Emperor Zhengde took it and the number of nightmares was significantly reduced.
This couldn't help but make Emperor Zhengde value the imperial master even more.
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Emperor Zhengde fell into a trance again.
After several searches for elixirs, the old Taoist priest refused them on the grounds of being dishonest.
Later, Emperor Zhengde rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold, a thousand taels of silver, and nine treasures.
He even fasted for three days, took a shower and changed clothes before dawn, and came to the Avenue Hall to worship devoutly.
Only then did God move, allowing the old Taoist priest to reopen the altar and refine the elixir.
After a busy morning, Emperor Zhengde's legs were sore, and he finally heard the vision from the old Taoist priest.
But now, he is blocked from the door.
How could Emperor Zhengde not be anxious?
At this moment, he didn't have any imperial dignity at all. He was clearly just an old man who rushed to the doctor after suffering an illness.
Just when Emperor Zhengde gradually turned from anxiety to irritability.
The door of the side hall of the Avenue Hall was slowly opened from the inside.
The old Taoist priest walked out with a mahogany tray in his hand and a solemn face.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty on the success of the elixir!"
A hint of surprise flashed across Emperor Zhengde's face, and he strode towards the old Taoist priest.
When his hands were about to touch the yellow cloth covering the tray, he couldn't help but pause.
At the same time, his hands were shaking slightly nervously.
Emperor Zhengde slowly opened the yellow cloth with trembling hands, revealing two black pills the size of dates inside.
The elixir was unusually round and round, and in the eyes of Emperor Zhengde, it was regarded as the most beautiful thing in the world.
Emperor Zhengde slowly picked up the elixir, with a pious look on his face, and slowly looked at the elixir in his hand.
"Okay, okay! You should be rewarded! You should be rewarded!" Emperor Zhengde suddenly shouted and said, "I'm rewarded."
Before Emperor Zhengde could say the reward, the eunuch Zhan Zhu suddenly walked into the Daodao Hall.
