Datang: Beat Tang Taizong violently at the beginning

Chapter 474 Overwhelm all officials and donate [-] silver!
Monument of Merit!
The merit monument erected by King Yan!
It records the donations of the civil and military officials of the imperial court to the victims of the three disasters!
In an instant, the people of Chang'an surrounding the white marble stele of meritorious deeds were stunned!

Since ancient times, it seems that I have never heard of such a thing. The people were affected by the disaster, and the officials paid for it. Although this is a donation, it always sounds a little unreal!
"My God, this is really a donation from the civil and military officials of the imperial court to the people of the three realms. Look, all the high-ranking officials from the three provinces and six ministries are among them, and the donations start from four to five thousand!"

"It's not a big deal. If you look at the donations on the merit tablet, no one has less than 1000 taels. So many people donated more than 10 taels!"

At this moment, there is only one thought in the hearts of these Changan people, and that is that these officials are really rich

It’s just a random donation, and the starting point is 1000 taels, and it’s not uncommon to see three, four, or five thousand taels!
I thought it was just a show by the officials, but I never thought that this was the donations from the officials.

Donations can reach this point, it is a bit appalling!

"By the way, this stele of merit seems to be erected by His Highness King Yan, how much did His Highness King Yan donate?"

How about the gossip and curiosity of Chang'an people are the most prosperous in Kyushu. After seeing the donations of other civil and military officials, everyone couldn't help but think of King Yan. As the initiator of this charity event and the builder of the monument of merit,
King Yan's donation must have started at [-] at the very least, otherwise, how could he be worthy of the hundreds of thousands donated by so many people on the monument of merit!
"Hurry up, look for it, look for it and see how much His Royal Highness King Yan has donated!"

The old vegetable seller suddenly became excited. He was still pushing a small wheelbarrow, on which were the locusts he caught outside Chang'an City.
In the past few days, the main job of Lao Wang selling vegetables is to catch locusts. The vegetable field outside Chang'an City has become the best place for Lao Wang to catch locusts now.
Even in order to catch these locusts, Lao Wang extravagantly took out a few pieces of green vegetables that he had managed to treasure at home as bait, so that Lao Wang caught the locusts faster!
But today, when I was passing by Zhuque Street, I suddenly came across such a merit monument,

As a native of Chang'an, curiosity and gossip are naturally unavoidable, but after inquiring, this monument of merit was actually set up by King Yan!

The old vegetable seller couldn't help but get excited immediately, and now what he eats can basically be said to be the meal of His Royal Highness King Yan!
The locusts he caught in the past few days have indeed brought him a lot of income!
He also heard that His Royal Highness King Yan was so generous to help the people of the three realms, how could the old king not be excited?

"Let me look for it. Cheng Yaojin donated 5000 taels of silver, Qin Qiong donated 5000 taels of silver, and the commander of the imperial army Zhang Liang donated 2000 taels of silver. Pooh, why are you so stingy? Zhang Gongjin donated 3000 taels of silver..."

Someone immediately followed the merit monument one by one, wanting to know how much His Royal Highness Yan Wang donated this time, but after reading both sides of the merit monument, everyone was immediately disappointed.
Because this merit monument is from the front to the back from the beginning to the end, all the civil and military officials in the court, from Li Jing, who donated the most, to Shi Wanggui, the prince's mansion who donated the least, all the silver donations are reflected on this merit monument!

But there is no data about His Royal Highness King Yan!

Many people in Chang'an immediately looked at each other in blank dismay. This stele of meritorious deeds was erected by King Yan, but why is there no donation from King Yan on it?
"Impossible, how could it be possible that His Highness King Yan didn't donate? You must have read it wrong!"

Vegetable seller Lao Wang suddenly shouted loudly, he couldn't believe it at all, all the officials donated 1000 yuan,

How could King Yan not donate?After all, His Royal Highness King Yan erected this stele of merit and virtue. If King Yan didn't even donate a big son, it would be too unreasonable!

"Then you are doubting me?"

The literate person who spoke just now was displeased for a moment, and his words were full of literate pride!
Vegetable Pharaoh's face froze immediately, and he was about to speak, but then he heard someone say in amazement:

"Wait, no, look, the top of this merit tablet..."

After being reminded like this, many people couldn't help but look at the top of the monument!

On the top of the stele of meritorious deeds, there is actually a blank space, surrounded by auspicious cloud patterns, and a line of large characters is arranged horizontally in the blank space!
They are the Holy One, the Crown Prince, the King of Qin, the King of Qi, and the King of Yan!
At present, only King Yan has the words 10 taels under his name!
As for His Majesty the Emperor, His Highness the Crown Prince, the names of King Qin and King Qi are all blank.

King Yan donated [-] silver!

Cover all officials and donate [-] silver!
These big characters look so vivid at the moment, it's a pity they didn't notice it just now!

The old vegetable seller was overjoyed immediately and said:

"I knew it, I knew His Royal Highness King Yan would never let us people down, 10 taels, this is a full 10 taels!"

Old Vegetable Selling King was trembling with excitement, he knew that His Highness King Yan would definitely not be so stingy!

But this time King Yan is really too big, 10 taels, which is a full 10 taels,
Even in the three provinces and six ministries, the most of these officials donated only five or six thousand, but His Royal Highness King Yan alone donated twenty times as much as them!
At this moment, all the people around the merit monument were speechless.

The King of Yan told them with practical actions that the King of Yan is serious about this disaster relief!
……

At this moment, even the gossiping Chang'an people couldn't help being slightly silent.

Since ancient times, it is only natural for the people to suffer from disasters and the court to provide relief, but it has never been heard that after the court provided disaster relief, civil and military officials even volunteered to donate money!
Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Sovereigns, this may be the first time the world has been created!

"Our Tang people are blessed!"

There was an elderly man who couldn't help sighing for a while, the Tang Dynasty was established not long ago, and they had only experienced the chaos of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. These people naturally know the value of peace. As the saying goes, they would rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times!

For the people, peace is their greatest expectation!

(End of this chapter)