Chapter 1603 Donate to King Li for Disaster Relief
Chapter 1603 The donation is given to King Li for disaster relief
Unexpectedly, it was still a dead end.
Immediately, the imperial guards came up and dragged them all out.
After dealing with these people, Emperor Hongyuan glared at the Queen, "Queen, as for you, this matter has nothing to do with you.
But Mrs. Wei is your sister, and her fault is your fault. Who told you to control her laxly and allow her to be arrogant outside? From now on, you will go to the Ancestral Temple to think about me for a month, and you will also have to
Copy Buddhist scriptures a hundred times.
Will you be convinced by the fine of another five hundred thousand taels of silver to be used for disaster relief?"
Of course the queen was not convinced in her heart, but on the surface she had to say, "Yes, I know!"
At this time, Emperor Hongyuan looked at Chu Xuanchen and said, "King Li, today is your deadline to raise funds. How much have you raised?"
Chu Xuanchen glanced at the queen and said: "Back to the emperor, I only raised fifty thousand taels of silver."
"What?
I asked you to raise 1.8 million taels of silver, but you only raised 50,000 taels. Why is this?"
Emperor Hongyuan asked angrily.
Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows calmly, "Because all the money was raised by the queen.
On the first day of fundraising, I had already put down some wine, invited all the important ministers and nobles to come and have a meal, and encouraged them to donate.
However, he refused to donate to the minister on the grounds that he had already donated it to the queen.
Fortunately, Taifu Han and the others donated some money to me, otherwise it would be difficult for me to even raise 50,000 taels."
Emperor Hongyuan was stunned when he heard this.
The queen hurriedly said: "King Li, I am trusted by others and want to donate money to me.
This is someone else's business, and I am not deliberately trying to make things difficult for you."
"I know, but I am extremely worried when I think that so much money has not been used on the people."
Chu Xuanchen said.
Seeing this, Taifu Han quickly said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, since the Queen has already raised the money and time is urgent, there is no need to ask King Li to raise it.
I believe that the money raised by the queen should be handed over to King Li so that he can take it to Jiangnan to provide relief."
Taishi Li also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, there is widespread resentment outside and the people are displaced.
If this flood is not cured, it may shake the foundation of the country."
Zhang Fuyin also said: "Your Majesty, the money raised by the Queen is also for the victims.
However, the incident involving Mrs. Wei had caused a great loss of public support. I believe that this donation should be handed over to King Li for disaster relief in order to convince the people.
And this matter cannot be delayed any longer.
If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid the public outrage will never be quelled.
I have heard that in the area south of the Yangtze River, victims of the disaster are already plotting a rebellion!"
When the queen heard this, she immediately glared at Zhang Fuyin with hatred.
Emperor Hongyuan also knew that this was an urgent time and he must provide relief as soon as possible.
But when he thought that the money raised by the queen was finally used for disaster relief by Chu Xuanchen, causing Chu Xuanchen to gain a good reputation in vain, he felt very uncomfortable.
But if you are uncomfortable, you are uncomfortable. Now the people are the most important thing.
No matter how uncomfortable he is, he must stay close to the people first, otherwise he will not be able to sit firmly on the throne.
He then said: "Okay, since everyone said so, I decided to give all the three million taels of silver raised by the queen, plus the five hundred thousand taels of silver she fined, to King Li to take to Jiangnan for disaster relief.
King Li, I entrust this heavy responsibility to you, you must not let me down!"
Chu Xuanchen immediately handed over his hand and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will make good use of the charity money and use it for the people.
I will never do anything like Mrs. Wei who deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors to line their own pockets."