Then, Du He said: "My lords, please do not underestimate the reconstruction of the Imperial College. It just so happens that everyone is here today. I have a poem that I would like to invite you to appreciate."
Li Er said in a timely manner: "It is said that Du He is known as a talented man from Chang'an. Today, even I want to see what new works you have recently produced."
"Served with pen and ink!"
As soon as Li Er gave the order, Zhao Yang hurriedly ordered several eunuchs to bring the table, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, all ready.
Zhao Yang personally researched ink for Du He.
Du He picked up the pen and pondered for a moment.
He picked up his pen and started writing.
Swish swish swish.
Du Ho's writings are like divine help.
It didn't take long to finish writing.
Zhao Yang picked it up personally and read it out in public.
“If a hoop is lost, a saddle is broken; if a saddle is broken, a war horse is broken; if a war horse is broken, a king is lost; if a king is lost, a war is lost; if a war horse is lost, a war is lost.
One war destroyed an empire."
This is one of the most famous stories in later generations to illustrate the butterfly effect.
However, the original content is missing a nail.
But in this era, horseshoes had not yet appeared, so simple changes were made.
Everyone, listen carefully.
Is this poetry?
Obviously not.
However, the reason behind it couldn't be simpler.
Just because of an iron circle, an empire will be destroyed. So if the Imperial College is not built in one day, why will it be much worse than the empire being destroyed?
Of course, many people thought that Du He was sophistry and arrogant, but they didn't know how to refute it for a while.
Before everyone could react, Du He took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, although I am just a small man from Lantian County, for the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, I am willing to donate all my property, 10,000 yuan.
, willing to donate to His Majesty to rebuild the Imperial College."
With that said, Du He turned around and walked out of the hall. He came back not long after, followed by Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was carrying a huge box alone.
boom.
The box was placed on the Tai Chi Hall and made a loud noise.
Wow.
The box is opened.
Full of Kaiyuan Tongbao.
Du He said: "Your Majesty, this is 10,000 yuan, which is all the property of Du He. Now I have donated it all. In order to rebuild the Imperial College, I, Du He, have decided to live on bran-fed vegetables from today on."
Many people were moved by Du He's great righteousness.
Li Er, however, did not dare to laugh and kept a serious face.
Li Er stood up and said: "Okay, Du He, what you did today really impressed me. I love you, Du He is young and can still understand the importance of rebuilding the Imperial College to our Tang Dynasty. I am very relieved."
.”
As he said this, Li Er looked at the ministers standing in the front row intentionally or unintentionally.
Cheng Yaojin was the first to say: "Your Majesty, I will also donate 10,000 yuan and hope that the Imperial College will be built as soon as possible."
Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, I will donate 30,000 yuan."
"I will donate 20,000."
"I will donate ten thousand..."
"I……"
Under the leadership of Cheng Yaojin and others, everyone enthusiastically donated money.
Li Eryi waved his hand, and Zhao Yang hurriedly asked someone to take out a pen and paper and write it down one stroke at a time.
At the last count, it reached as many as 500,000.
Li Er looked calm on the surface, but he was already happy in his heart.
Just because of Du He's performance, he got half a million dollars.
Did it come too easily?
Then, Li Er happily announced his resignation from the court and told everyone that for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, he hoped that everyone would send the donated money to the palace as soon as possible.
Everyone dispersed.
When Du He walked to the door, he was suddenly stopped by Cheng Yaojin: "Little bastard, tell me, what evil are you holding in your heart?"
Du He looked unhappy: "Uncle Cheng, how can you say that? I, Du He, do things with a clear conscience. You didn't see that I just donated 10,000 yuan, which is no less than you."
Cheng Yaojin looked at Du He suspiciously: "How could you be so generous? Who doesn't know that Du He's biggest hobby is making money, and his biggest characteristic is that he doesn't suffer losses. It would be harder to get money from you than to reach the sky...
You actually donated 10,000 yuan, which is incredible!"
Du He: "..."
Fortunately, Cheng Yaojin did not pursue the question further.
Du He hummed a little tune and left the palace.
…
at dusk.
Chamberlain Zhao Yang went to the Imperial Study Room to report: "Your Majesty, all the 500,000 yuan donated by the ministers have been sent to the palace. I have arranged for someone to count them. Including the donation from Lantian County, the total is 490,000 yuan."
Li Er was stunned: "Du He obviously donated 10,000 yuan, why did it become 490,000 yuan?"
Zhao Yang looked a little embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, the donation of 10,000 yuan from Lantian County is outside. Please take a look and find out."
Li Shiwen was very curious and followed Zhao Yang to the outside of the palace.
The huge box Du He asked Lu Bu to bring was placed alone outside the Tai Chi Hall.
Li Er approached, Zhao Yang hurriedly asked someone to open the box, and then picked up the copper coins on the surface.
On the surface, it is less than 100 copper coins.
There is actually a partition underneath.
Opening the partition, I saw a huge stone the size of a hug placed inside.
Li Er's nose suddenly became angry.
"This Du He... dares to deceive the emperor. It's really, really unreasonable!"
Zhao Yang suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty, here is a piece of paper!"
As he said that, he took out a piece of paper from the box.
The paper said: This is the longevity immortal stone from the East China Sea. It takes 30,000 years to mature and appears every 30,000 years. It is worth at least 10,000 yuan.
Swish.
Li Er angrily tore up the paper. When he saw the handwriting, he knew it was written in a hurry by Du He.
Look at the big stone again. It's not a longevity stone. It's clearly a large fish pebble picked up from the river.
In a flash, Li Er thought of the terms Du He had negotiated with him before, which was to give him one-tenth of the donation, which was a full fifty thousand dollars.
Du He, this guy, carried a stone to Tai Chi Hall, fooled the ministers, and got 50,000 yuan in exchange for it?
When Li Er thought of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Asshole, bastard..."
He thought he could make good use of Du He this time, but in the end, his majestic Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was deceived by Du He.
"This liar..."
But angry as he was, Li Er still kept his promise.
The next day, Zhao Yang was asked to personally deliver Du He's commission and the 100,000 yuan for printing books to the furniture factory.
As soon as Du He took stock, he felt something was wrong.
Because what Li Er sent was only 49,000 yuan.
Du He turned his head and looked at Zhao Yang: "Manager Zhao, one-tenth of five hundred thousand is fifty thousand, right? You are so dishonest that you dare to embezzle one thousand of my money?"
Zhao Yang's face turned green: "My lord, you can't say such nonsense. I, Zhao Yang, have served your majesty for many years and I cannot do this kind of thing. My lord, just be content with yourselves. You lied to your majesty with a stone."
, Your Majesty is still very angry now. If it weren’t for the fact that no one but you can print the books that the students urgently need, Your Majesty would have wanted to beat you up.”
Du He touched his chin, "Your Majesty must be too stingy. I have already noted that the stone is worth at least ten thousand yuan. If you ask me, it is the longevity stone, but it is infinitely valuable."
Zhao Yang almost fainted when he saw Du He's serious look.