BXBX NOVEL Chapter 375 - 375: Student Donation
On this day, the Ministry of Revenue received 2.5 million taels of silver and 3 million catties of grain, which was a lot for the state treasury that was in deficit. As soon as the grain was received, the Crown Prince immediately rushed to Huan City with people and grain. This amount of grain was definitely not enough, so he could only buy it slowly with the donated money and then send it over. However, the 3 million catties of grain was enough for the emergency.
The officials had thought that everything would be fine with the donation from the rich businessman. They did not expect that in the evening, their juniors who were studying in the Academy would come back. When they came back, they did not even have time to eat. They immediately asked excitedly, “Father, Mother, quickly give me some silver! At least 10,000!”
“You bastard! What trouble have you caused this time?! Why did he need so much silver? Do you know how hard it is to earn 10,000 taels of silver?
Boom! All the adults were shocked and almost took out their whips.
“You bastard! What trouble have you caused this time?! Why did he need so much silver? Do you know how hard it is to earn ten thousand taels of silver? You really don’t know how expensive rice is if you’re not in charge! I’ll beat you to death!”
The student jumped up and down to avoid his parents’ combined attacks.
“Father, Mother! Let me explain! I did not cause any trouble! It was the Academy that said it needed to donate silver to the Imperial Court, so I came to ask you for it!”
Hearing this, the adults suddenly stopped and asked in disbelief, “What did you just say? To whom?”
“I’m donating it to the Imperial Court, don’t you know?” the student asked, puzzled. “This is what our Dean said.”
The parents looked at each other and said, “Isn’t that donated for fun? You can use your allowance to donate, don’t you still have a few hundred taels? Why would they need so much silver? Do you think we are very rich?”
The student immediately covered his pocket and shouted, “Father, Mother, how can I have that much silver?! I’ve already spent all of them! Don’t even think about fooling me! And how was 10,000 taels a lot?! Jian Hu and Jian Ye
from our college each donated 100,000 taels! A few hundred taels isn’t even enough for me to spend a month, what can I do with it?”
Hearing this, the adults’ faces all showed serious expressions. The surname Jian, why did they feel that it was so familiar? but for a moment, they could not think of which official in the Capital had the surname Jian, and could afford to spend so much money on a child.
The student said unconcernedly, “They are Princess Ding’an’s younger brothers. I heard that this money was given to them by Princess Ding’an. Father, it is so hard on the soldiers guarding the border. If they do not eat and sleep well, how can they protect the country? So, just give me the money. I’m not spending it recklessly. Donating it to the Imperial Court is a very honorable thing. Also, it’s said that I can get a souvenir, and our names will be recorded. Our Dean also said that when the time comes, we’ll set up a monument in the Academy and write all our names on it. By then, every new student will know my name.”
It had to be said that the Dean had a very good grasp of the minds of these students. Teenagers were at an age where they cared about their reputation. When they heard that their names would be engraved on the monument, they were all very excited and had already planned to take out their pocket money. In order to make it look better, some even wanted to ask their families for more money. This was because the Dean had said that the name of the person who donated the most would be at the top of the monument, and the donation amount would be listed.
Hearing this, the adults were all in pain. At this time, they had already deeply realized that this was a trap set by the Emperor..