Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 376
On the third day of May in the fifth year of Longqing, the Weihui Mansion in Henan Province broke the biggest news in recent years: the nephew of Gao Gong, the second assistant of the current dynasty, the nephew of Zhang Siwei, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Gao Wu, the prince's companion, was in the mansion. Hosted a banquet for the wealthy gentry and celebrities of the whole family, and proposed a large loan during the banquet, the total loan amount was as high as 30 taels!

A figure like 30 taels is a huge sum of money no matter where it is placed, not to mention that the senior servant who proposed to borrow money is only about ten years old, even though his uncles and uncles are all top officials in the dynasty, But the problem is, at his young age, who can guarantee that he can represent the two behind him?

Of course, the gentry and celebrities in Weihui Mansion are not ignorant people. Not only do they know that the Gao family is just a family heirloom, not rich in family wealth, but they also know that Zhang Siwei, who was born in Puzhou, is a real wealthy man. —The largest Changlu salt field in the north has been almost monopolized by the Zhang family in recent years. It is said that the annual income is several million, and the wealth is incomparable!

Although Gao Wushi is only the nephew of the Zhang family, if he borrows too much, whether the Zhang family will be willing to give him the bottom line is a bit uncertain, but the rich gentry and celebrities present sum up in private, but they still donate generously, each reporting their willingness to lend. For the amount, Gao Shidu splashed ink on the spot and signed an IOU under the witness of Jiang Menglong, the respected Jiang Menglong of Weihui Mansion, to complete the loan.

In the end, this huge sum of 30 taels was borrowed in place in just one meal!
On the spot, Gao Shidu praised the wealthy gentry and celebrities of Weihui Mansion for their benevolence, old-fashioned and warm-hearted, and their urgency.Then he said that he would not take a penny of the huge sum of 30 taels, and directly proposed to everyone present to buy a large amount of food, cloth and other daily necessities.

The gentry present helped others to the end and sent Buddha to the west, and they all agreed.

Then Gao Shidu finally announced: All the money will be used to help the victims—whether it is the local disaster victims in Henan, or the victims from Shandong and northern Jiangsu, as long as they have arrived in Henan, they are within the scope of relief!
Hearing this statement, all the people present, no matter officials or gentry, were shocked and ashamed of the high-level and pragmatic actions.

It stands to reason that although Gao Yushi is in the same province as them, his hometown Xinzheng was not affected by the disaster, and the refugees did not go there. He really has no obligation to give so generously to the refugees in Weihui Mansion. Disaster relief - not to mention such a huge amount.

As a result, quite a few people felt sorry, saying that they would not charge a penny of interest on the loan they had just made.

In fact, the loan Gao Yushi just borrowed was only for one year, and the interest is generally not much.

But after all, for Gao Yushi, although 30 taels is a large amount, he can still find ways to turn around, but for these gentry in Weihui Mansion, the money they borrowed is not a small amount for their family , Willing to waive the interest is already a major sacrifice.

Gao Wushi thanked them again for their generosity, but still declined such kindness politely. He said that since it is a loan, it is unreasonable not to pay interest. If everyone thinks that disaster relief is a good deed, they might as well help themselves in other ways A helping hand.

Everyone hurriedly asked Gao Shidu, saying if there is anything else that needs help, although everyone's ability is limited, but within the scope of their ability, they are willing to help as much as possible.

It has to be said that there are two things that people of this age are unquestionable no matter what: they value face before others and value their hometown.

Therefore, even a "outsider" Gao Yushi is willing to help in this way. If they don't show their willingness to take the initiative to follow up, they will really feel embarrassed after returning to their hometown.

Not only did the gentry express this, but even Jiang Menglong, the Honorable of the Weihui Mansion, immediately expressed that if Van Gogh’s servant needed the help of the government government for disaster relief, he would do his best to do it by himself—of course, the Honorable Jiang Fu also hinted a little in his words A little bit: the financial situation of Weihui Mansion is not very good, it is better not to take money for this "help".

Jiang Fuzun was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing. It is reasonable to say that Gao Gong is also his teacher, but his house teacher is someone else, so he is not a serious student of Gao Gong, but he has some sympathy. One reason he was willing to jump into this thing.

But he didn't know that Gao Yushi was waiting for his words. As soon as he made this statement, Gao Yushi immediately said that there were many exiles. If they just paid for them, even 30 taels would not be enough, so It is also necessary for the Fu Zun to designate some "not very good" places for their placement.

As soon as they heard about the land, everyone quieted down—it was easy to borrow money, even donate money, but it was too cruel to donate land, and this decision must not be agreed on a whim.

The Jiang Fuzun was also a little bit surprised, and then said embarrassingly that the land is privately owned by each family. Even if he is the Fuzun, it doesn't count, he can't order to take away other people's land and distribute it to the refugees, right?Then the world will be in chaos!
Gao Wushi laughed out loud, saying that it was not for the master of Fu Zun to distribute the land to the refugees, but only for the approval of the master of Fu Zun to demarcate several barren mountains and wild ridges and make them a shelter.

Jiang Fuzun was a little puzzled when he heard it. It is of course a trivial matter to mark out a few barren mountains and wild mountains. Since Emperor Hanwen in China, the barren mountains and wild mountains have been really barren mountains and wild mountains. At that time, an edict was issued to allow the people to freely hunt and other living activities in these barren mountains and ridges, which later became a practice. In Europe, any mountains, forests, or lakes are the private property of the lord. In theory, the people under the rule can’t even Hunt and fish at will.).

The ownerless barren hills these days are indeed useless, but they are nominally owned by the imperial court.

However, the problem is that in all dynasties of China, it is difficult to clarify the rights and responsibilities in this kind of matter. The local government will never report to the court unless it involves a huge scope.

So Jiang Fuzun heard that he just wanted some barren mountains and wild ridges to house the refugees. Although he couldn't figure out how those barren mountains and wild ridges could support so many homeless refugees, as long as he was not allowed to take money from Weihui's yamen, everything was negotiable.So Jiang Fuzun immediately made a decision and asked Gao Wushi to point out the places, and let someone record it on his side, and go back to check to see if there is no owner. As long as he confirms that there is no owner, it is just a barren mountain and wild ridge, easy to handle!
Gao Wushi then asked someone to fetch a map of Weihui Mansion, and based on the map, which was not really accurate, he marked out an area west of Ji County in Fuzhi and north of Xinxiang County.

Jiang Fuzun has not been in office for a long time, and he still doesn't quite understand the location of the place, but the gentry present are relieved. Someone told Jiang Fuzun that the place is close to Yuntai Mountain, and it is indeed not a good place. The barren mountains and wild mountains are not too different. Even if there are a few small villages, there are not many people, so it should not be a big problem-30 taels are here, and it can be settled with some money.

So this matter was settled in this way, whether it was Jiang Fuzun or the gentry present, they all praised Gao Shi for his great benevolence and righteousness, and saved his hometown from danger.

Gao Yushi, who thanked them all with a smile, said in his heart: You only see that I am a boy who spreads money, but you don't know that I do all kinds of business, except that I don't do loss-making business.Even if I lose money for a while, sooner or later I have to earn it back, just wait and see.

　My brain hurts, please take a half leave, today is a chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)