From a moral point of view, Yuan Su really wanted to give Wang Liantong a big slap in the face, but from the political background of this era, Wang Liantong's words were understandable. www [] During the Gengzi national disaster, the four southeastern provinces all proposed joint provincial self-protection.
This shows that regional politics is deeply rooted. Logically speaking, he does not have the ability to ensure the survival of these refugees outside the customs. He is in the stage of immersed in development. In many aspects, he is already unable to make ends meet. Where can he have extra resources?
Help refugees from other provinces?
The key reason why he attaches great importance to this matter is not out of moral reasons, but that this matter happened at the gate of Zhili Province. As a newly appointed military envoy, as long as he can handle this matter well,
If you do something wrong, you can prove that you are worthy of the name; on the contrary, if you do not handle the matter well, it will inevitably cause criticism.
While consolidating his identity as a military protector, he can also do a good deed for the country and the people, which naturally deserves more attention.
Taking a deep breath, Yuan Su said in a gradually stronger tone: "Are the people outside the Pass not ordinary people? Outside the Pass are not our territory of China? Seeing tens of thousands of people trapped in the pass suffering from hunger, let me ask
Mr. Wang, how can you swallow a mouthful of meat and drink a mouthful of soup every day?"
Wang Litong choked up in his throat. He knew that Yuan Su was serious about it now, so he immediately said: "My lord, I'm teaching you that I'm a fool. Please rest assured, sir, I will go through fire and water without any hesitation for the tasks you assigned me. That's just right."
, I have just prepared a sum of 20,000 yuan in cash in my mansion recently. It was originally intended to be used to open a sulfur processing plant with you, so I just donated it for the time being."
Yuan Su said: "The matter must be clearly distinguished between urgent and serious crimes. The 20,000 yuan will be taken out first. When I open the factory, you don't need to contribute additional capital. I will count your 20,000 yuan as dry stock."
Wang Litong said with sincerity and fear: "Look what your lord said, this is absolutely impossible. I, Wang Litong, am also willing to do my part to help the people. If Master Yuan is allowed to shoulder the responsibility, wouldn't it make me feel guilty and guilty?"
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Yuan Su did not refuse any more and said directly: "That's fine, you can use 20,000 yuan as a leader and call on county officials to donate money first. As for the gentry, I will personally go there. All the funds raised will be collected locally.
When buying grain, tell the grain merchants directly that I, Yuan Su, want to buy military grain, and ask them to give you a suitable price."
Wang Lantong nodded happily and said with admiration: "This is a good idea, this is wonderful. As long as Mr. Yuan says this, I understand that those grain merchants will not dare to raise prices randomly."
After a pause, Wang Liotong asked curiously: "I wonder how Mr. Yuan plans to mobilize the wealthy gentry to donate money and materials?"
Yuan Su was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "I plan to hold a charity banquet and invite the wealthy families from Luanzhou, Changli, Tanghai, and Leting to attend."
After hearing what Wang Litong said about these wealthy families hoarding food for themselves, Yuan Su actually had no other way to ask these wealthy families to make donations. Of course, with his prestige as a military protector and his reputation as the president's nephew, Yuan Su could
I'm sure I still raised some money, but I'm afraid that this money will be a drop in the bucket.
The reason why he thought of holding a charity banquet was that there was no other way. He planned to take advantage of the gentry class's face-saving mentality and borrow a decent style from the 21st century to try to psychologically seduce these people.
The rich men should donate more money and materials. No matter how effective this method is, as long as the victims can survive for a few more days, then the banquet will be considered a profit.
Wang Litong was familiar with the words "charity" and "banquet", but if these two words were combined into one word, it would be the first time he had heard of such a thing. He was confused and afraid for the moment.
Arousing the suspicion of being ignorant, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Master Yuan's method is really wonderful, but...how does Master Yuan plan to hold this charity banquet?"
Yuan Su said in a confidential manner: "You don't have to worry about this matter. After I have arranged everything properly, I will naturally ask you to do some things. [Thanks for supporting the novel] Right now, your first priority is to start with the bureaucracy.
Start collecting funds for disaster relief, and at the same time spread my thoughts to let the outside world have a bottom first."
Wang Litong nodded and said: "I understand, I will finish everything within today."
Yuan Su simply had some breakfast at Wang Litong's house, and then hurriedly said goodbye. Since Shanhaiguan was already in a hurry, he naturally had to do a lot of things today. According to his expectation, it would be best to hold the meeting at noon tomorrow.
A banquet, but too many people were invited. In addition to Luanzhou, there are also three counties: Changli, Tanghai, and Leting. I don’t know how many people can be invited to the banquet.
This matter could only be discussed later, so he immediately rushed to Anshan Town to visit Zhang Juren.
In the whole land of Luanzhou, Zhang Juren is the only tycoon who can be completely trusted. At this time, he can only trouble his cousin again. Anyway, with Zhang Juren's attitude of cultivating himself and not caring about worldly affairs, he can do some good deeds to
Tujide is obviously no trouble.
Before leaving the city, Yuan Su asked Du Yu not to go with him, and ordered him to go back to the brigade headquarters compound immediately to prepare the invitation letter and invitation message, and arrange for them to be distributed after he returned from Anshan Town. In addition, he also had to prepare for the charity banquet in advance.
The format cannot be as simple as just eating a meal. It has to be more or less fancy.
"As for the preparations for the banquet, you can go back and discuss it with He Kezhi. He has a lot of ink in his belly, so he will definitely have some ideas."
"Yes, I remember my humble position." Du Yu nodded and agreed.
It was noon when we arrived in Anshan Town. Zhang Juren was playing with bonsai in the back garden leisurely and elegantly. When he heard that Yuan Su came back from Baoding and came to visit, he was in a very happy mood, so he met Yuan Su in the back garden. Yuan Su
He did not immediately mention the donation for disaster relief, but first gave a brief or detailed account of what he had experienced in Baoding, mentioning Zhang Zhenfang's instructions before getting in the car, and also mentioned various matters between Yuan Keduan and Zhang Hanling.
Zhang Juren has no objection to the matter between Zhang Hanling and Yuan Keduan. After all, the male is getting married and the girl is getting married, not to mention that Zhang and Yuan are from the same family. However, he has some doubts about Yuan Keduan's own character. When he was a child, he was married to Yuan Si.
I have seen him many times. Yuan Si is too pampered. Although his reading and writing are somewhat accurate, there are indeed many things that are lacking in discipline in his life.
In this regard, Yuan Su gave a few words of persuasion, saying that people will always grow up. After talking about these words, he immediately changed the topic and talked about the famine outside the customs. Tens of thousands of hungry people are currently gathering at Shanhaiguan. mouth.
"Did this happen? Why was there no news at all before?" Zhang Juren asked in confusion.
Yuan Su knew that Zhang Juren usually stayed in the country and left most of the Zhang family's properties in Anshan Town and Luanzhou City to the people below to take care of them. Even if there was news of a famine and food hoarding, Zhang Juren himself would not know about it. .
"While my nephew was still training outside the customs, disasters were reported in many places in Liaoning and Shenyang. However, officials in various places concealed it, so the outside world did not know much about it, which ultimately led to the current disaster of fleeing famine."
"This is really unreasonable." Zhang Juren said emotionally, even throwing the small shovel in his hand on the flower bed.
Seeing this, Yuan Su immediately told Wu Chenglu's message and his own plans without losing the opportunity.
After hearing these words, Zhang Juren nodded slowly and said happily: "Zi Jing, you have such a compassionate heart. It is really a blessing to the country. How can I not support it?"
Yuan Su smiled modestly and said: "Uncle, I'm serious. These are just my responsibilities. Originally, I felt a little guilty when I came to see my uncle this time. It has been less than a year since my nephew came to Luanzhou. This is already the second time. Calling for donations from the big households in each county is inconsistent with both sentiment and reason, and I am afraid that it will cause ill feelings among the big local households.”
Zhang Juren shook his hand and said solemnly: "What you said is wrong. No matter it is the first time, the second time, or even the third or fourth time, as long as the donation is reasonable and reasonable, According to reports, this is not a bad thing. Before, you were doing civil defense to protect the territory. Since the civil defense was arranged in an orderly manner, look at me, Luanzhou is no longer in trouble. Now Shanhaiguan is in trouble, don't you say It is morality and righteousness. As the saying goes, if the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, if the refugees break through Shanhaiguan, Luanzhou will bear the brunt of the harm, so we must take precautions."
Yuan Su agreed with deep approval: "Uncle really understands the righteousness. My nephew has such worries, so he has to take the liberty to trouble uncle to take action."
Zhang Juren reached out and patted Yuan Su on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I will do my best to do this. Without saying anything else, I will first donate 20,000 yuan and 500 shi and rice to help you, Zi Jing." After that, he ordered his servants to go to the accounting room and warehouse to prepare these things.
Yuan Su quickly thanked him: "Thank you uncle for your help, but I am not in a hurry today. Tomorrow my nephew plans to invite all the gentry and wealthy people from all the counties under his jurisdiction to come to Luanzhou to hold a charity banquet. At that time, I will invite more people to the banquet." Please donate money and materials. If my uncle can announce the donation at that time, I believe it will play a leading role."
Zhang Juren was a little confused and said: "The charity banquet is really a strange thing."
Yuan Su chuckled and explained: "Donating funds for disaster relief is an act of charity. When everyone comes together to contribute to charity, it will definitely arouse some resonance."
Zhang Juren nodded and said with a smile: "As expected, hehe, Zi Jing, you really know how to come up with ideas. Well, I will go to the city tomorrow for a walk. Do you have a specific time and place?"
Yuan Su said: "Because the matter is urgent, many details have not been finalized yet. But uncle, please rest assured that once everything is ready, my nephew will send someone to inform you as soon as possible."
"Very good, then it's decided."
At noon, Yuan Su stayed in Zhang Juren's house for a light meal due to Zhang Juren's kindness. After the meal, he drank a cup of tea and chatted with Zhang Juren about some news and anecdotes in the military and domestic affairs. It was almost afternoon.
It was only at two o'clock that I said goodbye and left.