Chapter 393; Not giving a chance

"really?"

Emperor Hongwen was also quite surprised.

An extra hundred thousand stones is undoubtedly a good thing for him.

Moreover, this move of the Luo family may have a chain effect.

Just now, after he learned about the donations from various families, he was still thinking for a moment about how to get more benefits from the aristocratic families.

The most direct one is that if someone increases the donation amount, other companies will definitely be dissatisfied when they see it.

The chances of promotion will be greatly improved.

Just how to get the first person willing to improve to show up?

He never thought that before he could think of a solution, the Luo family would already take action.

I really dozed off and met the pillow.

"How dare I deceive Your Majesty? The Luo family not only raised one hundred thousand dan this time, but also donated fifty thousand taels of silver."

"Hahaha, good thing, this is a good thing."

The Minister of Hubu was also overjoyed, and then said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment and be happy, I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Oh? Aiqing continues."

"And the Dong family, they have also increased their donation amount, donating another 100,000 stones and 80,000 taels of silver."

"The Dong family has also been promoted?"

This surprised Emperor Hongwen very much.

Speaking of which, the successful implementation of this conspiracy was due to the Dong family's great contribution, so Emperor Hongwen did not include the Dong family in the selection of those who wanted to harvest the wool.

After all, the person has done a good job and was given 100,000 dan, which is not a small amount.

But I never thought they would add more at this time.

It seems that the ranking of this merit monument is very attractive to several families.

"Yes, it was raised by Prime Minister Dong personally to the old minister."

"Okay, okay."

Emperor Hongwen nodded with satisfaction.

"Also, the Wu family has also added 50,000 shi of grain and 100,000 taels of silver."

Tsk tsk, it’s only been a while, and it’s basically doubled.

Okay, it's really good. With these grains, the disasters in the north this winter will definitely be safe.

"What about the Han family?"

With all three families joining the ranks, the Han family will certainly not be left behind.

For Emperor Hongwen, the wool of the first three families was naturally better, and it was acceptable without him, but the Han family was different.

This family made him very unhappy.

However, what Shangshu Hube said next made him even more unhappy.

All three families have added their names, and even some middle-sized families and small families have added their names, but there is no movement from the Han family.

"I understand. My dear, I must record this donation in detail and announce it directly to all the ministers tomorrow morning."

"yes."

After the Minister of Hubu left, Emperor Hongwen smiled coldly.

"Since the Han family can't bear to part with it, don't blame me."

"Bastards, these bastards, I've never seen such stupid people before."

The head of the Han family has been very angry since he heard that each family has made additional donations. He almost smashed everything in the room.

Two hundred thousand dan was already beyond the limit that the Han family could afford. In order to be ranked first, he even spent 50,000 taels.

Now that each company is adding more, his calculations have come to nothing in an instant.

Continuing to add more, it's not that he hasn't thought about it, but he just doesn't want to.

Why should it be given to Emperor Hongwen for free?

Especially now that Emperor Hongwen has mastered the snowflake salt, he has already started sharpening his sword to attack the Han family.

At this time, what he wanted to see most was for Emperor Hongwen to be in distress. However, contrary to expectations, he had to use his own property to help Emperor Hongwen tide over the difficulties.

The previous quantities were all decisions he had made through gritted teeth, and his heart was deeply pierced.

Now it actually continues to increase, how can he bear it?

Especially since the number is quite large, others have almost doubled it. If he wants to suppress others, doubling it is definitely not enough.

I can't bear it, I really can't bear it.

Chengyuan Villa.

Lu Yaoyao also paid close attention to this matter. Regarding the addition of the three companies, Lu Yaoyao was surprised but also felt that it was reasonable.

Nowadays, no one in the Dongzhou court knows what Emperor Hongwen thought about the family.

Is this conspiracy just a swing of the sword?

A wise man, like Prime Minister Dong, can express his agreement and take out one hundred thousand stones after knowing it.

It was nothing more than wanting Emperor Hongwen to share his feelings, so that he would be more considerate of the Dong family in the future.

Although the Luo family and the Wu family were very passive this time, they were already like this, so they would naturally behave accordingly.

Even if you add more, you will suffer a loss, but you can get something back more or less, right?

As long as the merit monument is erected, their reputation in the world will increase. Isn't this a talisman for them?

As long as he does not seek death, if Emperor Hongwen wants to touch them, he must first consider how to block the mouth of Youyou in the world.

So, it’s already like this, why bother to let it go anymore?

If you lose a little more and get a guarantee, this transaction is not too bad.

"Didn't the Han family add more?"

"No."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao smiled.

"The end of the Han family is coming soon."

Sure enough, just when the head of the Han family was still hesitating because of his reluctance, Emperor Hongwen didn't give him a chance.

In the morning of the next morning, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue read out the list of donations on the spot. Emperor Hongwen did not give any chance to the officials of the Han family to respond.

Immediately ordered the Ministry of Industry to prepare a merit monument and strictly follow the list given by the Minister of Household Affairs.

"Your Majesty, is this too fast?"

Some ministers from the Han family reacted and immediately stood up.

They all know that there is no movement among the other best and Han family.

I also knew that the head of the Han family was considering it, but I never expected that Emperor Hongwen would be so ruthless and not give the head of the Han family a chance.

Once this merit monument is erected, the things donated by the Han family will not only bring no reputation to the Han family, but may also cause a lot of bad reputation.

Therefore, it must be stopped, and after the dynasty is over, the head of the Han family can be asked to add more, otherwise once the merit monument is erected, the reputation of the Han family will plummet.

"Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, do we have enough food to provide disaster relief now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty is more than enough."

Yesterday, they received more than one million shi of food and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

The snowstorm in the north this time is not very serious. If it were placed in previous years, it would not have embarrassed the court at all. It is just because this year's severe drought has caused no harvest in many places there.

Now that we have these millions of stones of food, it is enough to get through this difficult period.

"I am very grateful to you ministers of civil and military affairs, as well as the kind people who participated in this donation, but I am not a greedy person."

"Everyone is having a hard time this year. Since we already have enough food, why continue?"

"Furthermore, the people in the capital have already heard about this donation. They must be eagerly looking forward to paying homage to our Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of Dongzhou and all the benevolent people. This merit monument must be erected as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Songtao immediately shouted, Your Majesty is wise.

There was one person who took the lead, and many officials below who had nothing to do with them followed suit and shouted.

The officials of the Han family wanted to talk again, but unfortunately they had no chance.
Chapter completed!