As soon as Emperor Jing finished speaking, Fang Zhengyi jumped out first!
"I am willing to donate five hundred stones! I don't have enough food and money to raise it!"
"I don't have much food at home, so I'm willing to donate it all! Donate it naked! In order to feed the people and share your Majesty's worries, I'll do my best! Sirs, please do as you please~"
After finishing speaking, Fang Zheng glanced at the entire audience with a smile.
I’ll give you a sample first! Someone with a higher grade than me has the nerve to donate less than me?
Everyone looked at Fang Zhengyi with hatred.
You bitch is really capable of causing trouble. If I don't kill you in the future, everyone will have a hard time!
The corner of Emperor Jing's mouth moved invisibly.
"Well, good! Very good! I have already felt Fang Qing's love for the people and country. Where are the others?"
Li Yansong was heartbroken after hearing this.
He is in the first row. Fang Zheng donated 500 to each of the four grades. How much is appropriate for him to donate?
one thousand? It's really a bit painful. Of course, his family's food reserves are more than two thousand dan, but if he just throws out a thousand dan, there will be many opinions among the clan.
After thinking about it, Li Yansong gritted his teeth and said: "I will donate one thousand!"
Several people around him looked at Li Yansong in astonishment. They didn't expect him to be so successful!
I had no choice but to follow up with one thousand, and just donated nine hundred and eight hundred.
In the end, I only donated a few dozen stones.
The total amount was less than 20,000 stones. Fang Zheng did a rough calculation and sighed in his heart.
This little food is just a drop in the bucket. Looking at the overall situation, I'm afraid it won't last for a few days, but it's better than nothing, and we have to find a way.
Emperor Jing thought so too.
I was fascinated when I saw the figures Guo Tianyang calculated, a total of 17,800 stones.
The biggest headache these days is Emperor Jing.
I don’t know how many memorials are submitted on the food disaster in the south in one day.
After local governments collected taxes from wealthy households, they began to increase taxes and levy grain from the private sector. In many places, people were struggling to make ends meet.
Emperor Jing was also anxious and helpless.
But being able to levy part of the grain is already a good result. Without Fang Zhengyi's help, half of the current amount would not be available.
After thinking for a moment, Emperor Jing said, "Okay! The ministers are very enthusiastic about donating. Fang Qing, please remember to re-check the food storage status of the officials' homes after you leave, and send a report for clarification."
"The food donated by hundreds of officials today will also be announced in a report to calm public opinion!"
"I obey the decree!"
Zhang Shi immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, should the management of newspapers be controlled by..."
"Let's put this matter aside for now. You and Fang Zhengyi each come up with a deal. I will consider it carefully!"
Emperor Jing interrupted Zhang Shi's speech without hesitation. After all, the name of the prince was mentioned in the newspaper.
What do you, Zhang Shi, want to do by hooking up with the Hanlin Academy?
Fang Zhengyi was secretly delighted.
The old man is too anxious to eat hot tofu, and he will live as old as a dog.
It seems that this newspaper publication stimulated him quite a bit. Maybe it was because his family really had something in stock and it hit a sore spot?
Someone should check it out.
Zhang Shi silently retreated without saying a word.
Emperor Jing said: "Okay, let's leave this matter as it is for now. If something happens..."
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After the court meeting, Li Yansong returned to the public room as usual, and the daily newspaper was already placed on his desk as usual.
After he sat down, he picked up the newspaper and read it carefully.
Most of the other people in the public room acted like this.
In just a few days, everyone became accustomed to reading newspapers.
Not only is the stuff above interesting, but a lot of the information is quite valuable.
For a while, the only sound in the public room was the sound of newspapers being flipped.
It didn't take long for the sound to stop.
Everyone put down their newspapers and looked at Li Yansong with strange eyes.
Li Yansong also put down the newspaper, but his eyes were dull.
The list is still the same as yesterday, completely unchanged. It's just that there is an extra front page headline next to it.
The story of Mr. Li Ge bursting into tears in the editorial office...
Zheng Qiao, who usually has a good relationship with him, walked up to him and whispered: "Mr. Li, could it be that you and Fang Zhengyi joined forces..."
"Fang Zhengyi! The thief mistaken me!!!" Zheng Qiao was halfway through his words when Li Yansong howled out!
For a moment, everyone probably knew that he must have been tricked by that bitch, so everyone silently picked up the newspapers and covered their faces.
Zheng Qiao also sat back down in his seat.
At this moment, Li Yansong's cursing voice could be heard in the public room.
On Fang Zheng's side, as soon as the meeting ended, he and Li Yuanzhao hurried back to the newspaper office on a fast horse.
Many people originally wanted to find Fang Zhengyi to recheck the amount of food stored at home, but when they turned around, they saw that they had run away!
Looking at Fang Zhengyi's back, he screamed.
After Feng Feng Huohuo arrived at the newspaper office, Fang Zheng stood in the middle of the room and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please stop what you are doing!"
"Put the spare manuscripts in order! You have only two moments to get out another page of the newspaper and send it to the printing house!"
"Hundreds of officials in the court donated money today! I have written down the numbers. This is today's headline!"
"Brothers, let's get to work! Whether the victims in the south can have one more mouthful of food depends on you!"
The reporters' emotions were immediately aroused and they began to fall into a new round of crazy work.
As soon as Fang Zheng took the paper and pen, he began to write down in detail the amount of donations made by hundreds of officials in the court today and the corresponding names.
Fortunately...the donations are all in round numbers, and they are divided by grade so they are easy to remember.
Otherwise, with Fang Zhengyi's memory, it would be a bit difficult to remember clearly.
After finishing dictating, Fang Zheng handed a piece of paper to Shen Yi to deal with.
Li Yuanzhao, who had been standing aside for a long time, finally asked: "Lao Fang, why are we running back in such a hurry? Can't we send it out tomorrow?"
"Yes, yes, but didn't Your Highness see those people in the court today? They have long been dissatisfied with us."
"The longer the delay goes on, it will be detrimental to us, so we have to find a way to get them to donate more."
"If they find another point of attack, we may not be able to keep the newspaper in our hands forever, so we must seize time now and do as many things as we can!"
Li Yuanzhao thought for a while: "That makes sense! Then let them do it quickly. It's too late to find a newsboy to sell newspapers temporarily. I'll go get the health team and try to sell newspapers throughout the city in the afternoon!"
Fang Zhengyi said happily: "Your Highness has thought carefully, go ahead and do your work, I also have manuscripts to write!"
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In the afternoon, thanks to the almost crazy work efficiency of the newspaper office and the printing press, today's second chapter of the newspaper made its debut.
Countless health team members each took a stack of newspapers and went to the streets to sell them.
People were shouting crazily along the street: "Extra! Extra! Big news, all the officials of the imperial court are enthusiastically donating food!!"
Publishing two newspapers a day is very new to many people.
So it’s more positive to buy!
In less than an hour, the newspapers printed by this department were sold out. The printing shop was still printing, and a batch was sold as soon as it was printed.
At this time, every newspaper reader in the square got his or her own copy of the newspaper.
I was overjoyed when I saw the news. With such exciting content, I am afraid that the reward today will be quite large!
So they took to the streets and started shouting.
Soon, people on the street came over as usual.
"Why did two newspapers come out today! How fresh! Read it quickly!"
Seeing the crowd gathering more and more, the newspaper readers looked happy and shouted: "Don't worry, everyone! Today's temporarily reprinted edition of the newspaper has big news!"
"The gentlemen in the imperial court donated a large amount of food and began to provide disaster relief to the south! Let me read about the food donations from each family!"
"Zhang family, one thousand stones!"
"The Li family..."
After the newspaper reader finished reading one by one, the crowd first let out a huge exclamation. A total of 17,800 dan. Such a large amount of food is really a big deal!
But then everyone came around to it.
Then the family on the ranking list has 20,000 dan, and they donated so much in half a day?
There was a huge roar of dissatisfaction from the crowd.
The newspaper reader smiled at the opportunity: "Everyone! It's not over yet! The celebrity interview column that has been empty in the newspaper finally has content today, and it is about this food donation. Don't worry, I will read it for everyone. I hope you have money. Those who have money will support themselves, and those who have no money will support themselves!"
The crowd began to look forward to it again.
The newspaper reader cleared his throat and started reading loudly again!
"Ahem! Celebrity interviews"
"I am afraid that this shameful food donation in the court will become the biggest topic among the people in the next two days. Let's take a look at the comments of Zhan Shifang Zhengyi, the young master of Zhan Shifu!"
"Fang Zhanshi, who has always been straight-tempered, said bluntly: If the courtiers only donate this little, I'm afraid they won't even lose face!"
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