Chapter 1644 Bamboo Basket Fetching Water Is Empty!

? Chapter 1644

"Tai Shigong, this palace..."

The eldest prince's eyes were changing, and when he was thinking about how to deal with it, suddenly a clear voice came from beside his ears:

"Tai Shiling, the eldest prince has a kind heart, so how could he be the kind of person you mentioned?"

At this moment, Wang Chong smiled and spoke suddenly.

These words were actually defending the eldest prince, and everyone around was stunned when they heard it.

But the eldest prince standing at the front felt a thump in his heart, instinctively feeling something bad. With the relationship between Wang Chong and him, it is absolutely impossible to speak for him so kindly.

Sure enough, the next moment, what Wang Chong said was beyond everyone's expectation.

"If Tai Shigong is worried that the eldest prince will accept bribes wantonly in the name of building a Buddhist temple, then you might as well ask His Highness to seal up all the account books, together with the finances donated by all the aristocratic families, and let Tai Shiling take care of it after the ceremony is over." on."

"Furthermore, the First Prince is currently in charge of the country, and he is busy with many opportunities. He must not be able to spare time to deal with the matters of helping orphans. Why not leave this matter to the imperial court, gather officials from various ministries, and let the censor supervise, and set up a special department to take charge of it. For the operation of this matter, all expenses are clearly recorded and recorded."

"In this way, firstly, the original intention of the First Prince can be realized, secondly, it can help those orphans in the world who really need help, and thirdly, it can also wash away the worries in Tai Shigong's heart. Isn't this the best of both worlds, I believe the First Prince should not object!"

Those words made everyone in the Eastern Palace look ashamed, and the Eldest Prince's expression turned extremely ugly.

More than 20 million taels of gold, if including Wang Chong, it would be more than 40 million taels. How could he sit idly by and watch it slip through his fingers with such a huge wealth.

That's why the eldest prince had just thought about agreeing to Tai Shiling first on the surface, and doing other tricks in private, but he didn't expect that Wang Chong would hand over the whole matter to the court with a few words, and even supervise the censor to intervene in it. All of a sudden, the eldest prince fell into extreme passivity.

And once it was like what Wang Chong said, even if he wanted to do something, it would be absolutely impossible.

More importantly, with the current posture, even if he wanted to refuse, it was impossible.

"Your Highness! What do you mean?"

Wang Chong smiled slightly,

Staring at the eldest prince not far away, he added another blow.

"This palace... naturally has no objection!"

The surrounding area was quiet, and after a long time, when the first prince heard his final voice, every word was extremely difficult.

The matter has come to this point, and he can't help but disagree.

The laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty are as strict as a mountain, and everyone else is fine. Yan Wenzhang writes history books, and he is already old. If he really believes in a dead truth, he has to write a book.

On the other side, Yan Wenzhang was still reluctant to accept this matter, but after repeated "persuasion" by Wang Chong, he finally accepted the fact that it would benefit the people and reluctantly agreed.

When the news spread, the people of the capital densely packed at the foot of the mountain cheered even more.

Now, with so many people witnessing it and spreading it widely, even if the First Prince wanted to repent, it would be too late.

"asshole!!"

When the inauguration ceremony of the Buddhist temple was over, he turned around and returned to the backyard of the Buddhist temple. The First Prince couldn't bear it anymore, with a livid face, he slammed his fist hard on the table, gritted his teeth with hatred.

Wang Chong! !

It's Wang Chong again! !

At that moment, sitting in a grand teacher's chair, the eldest prince's eyes were full of murderous intent.

A good thing that had the best of both worlds was completely disrupted by Wang Chong's insertion. Together with the more than 20 million taels of gold that had already been obtained, all of them disappeared.

That's twenty million taels!

Even the First Prince never imagined that so much gold could be raised!

But now, all is gone.

At this moment, the First Prince hated Wang Chong to the bone.

"Your Highness, this is troublesome. Yan Wenzhang has already taken away that account book. Although we had prepared at the beginning and made some copies, now, even the king of a foreign land has given us a gift. More than that, We just received a tip that this time the Buddhist temple is completed, there are quite a few families, including some small families with insufficient financial resources, and all their sesame oil money is paid for by the King of Foreign Lands."

"In this way, we will be completely unable to judge which of these aristocratic families are sincerely relying on us! This is completely contrary to our original intention, and that account book has no effect."

At this moment, a voice came from the ear, and Zhu Tongen, who was at the side, lowered his head and said in a low voice with difficulty.

"What?!"

Hearing these words, the eldest prince was shocked and froze for a moment.

...

The inauguration ceremony of the Buddhist temple was over. At the foot of the mountain, Wang Chong boarded the carriage and was about to leave when he was stopped by a group of patriarchs from aristocratic families.

"Thank you Your Highness!"

Zhang Huang, Lu Li, and some other small family heads in the capital bowed in front of Wang Chong with an extremely respectful expression.

Wang Chong's eyes swept over Zhang, Huang, Lu and Li's several big family heads, and soon, they fell on those small family heads and representatives. Zhang, Huang, Lu and Li's big swordsmithing families were nothing more than that, but those small families, Wang Chong couldn't help but sigh deeply.

The fire at the city gate brought disaster to the fish in the pond. No matter what happened above, the first ones to suffer must be these small families with meager wealth. This is also the reason why he personally contributed this time.

The so-called "kill the chicken for the monkey to see", an incident at the Great Buddha Temple, I don't know how many people from the small family in the capital were implicated, and their families were ruined.

Some maids and servants have already been sold as lowly borrowers and slaves without even knowing anything.

Wang Chong had met one before and knew their misery, which was one of the reasons why he specially funded them this time. If they don't come this time and don't pay five thousand taels of gold, they don't know what is waiting for them.

"You're welcome."

Wang Chong waved his hand, quickly came back to his senses, and said indifferently.

"Anyway, I'm very grateful to the prince this time. In the future, if the prince needs it, no matter what the matter is, the Zhang family will always listen to the prince Hou's orders!"

A patriarch of a small aristocratic family in the capital surnamed Zhang said in a deep voice.

"That's right, my lord, but there is an errand, we are always at your command."

The heads of other small families also followed suit.

They were not slow to respond, although at the beginning, they didn't realize the specialness of this great Buddhist temple. When I first came here, I only received an invitation from the eldest prince, so I didn't dare to touch my face.

But when the eldest prince mentioned five thousand taels of gold, everyone realized the political implications. For a split second, everyone was drenched in cold sweat and terrified.

If it wasn't for the foreign land king's advice and help, no one knows better than them what would happen if they made such a mistake in a place like the capital today.

At that moment, everyone felt grateful, which was why they asked Zhang, Huang, Lu and Li to be their guides, and came to thank Wang Chong in person.

Wang Chong just smiled indifferently, and after some greetings, he quickly sent off the heads of the small family.

When the group left, there were no outsiders in the carriage, only members of Zhang, Huang, Lu and Li's families, and Wang Chong remained. The Patriarchs of the four major families glanced at each other, hesitated to speak.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry to trouble you this time, but..., to help everyone, is it really worth spending 20 million taels of gold?"

In the end, it was the head of the Lu family who broke the silence first.

Wang Chong smiled:

"That's why you came here specially for this matter?"

Everyone's reaction did not exceed his expectations at all. As early as when he saw them, Wang Chong knew that they were just for this matter.

"This is indeed the case! For us, I really have to thank the prince."

The Patriarch of the Lu family and the others said with uneasy faces.

Twenty million is not a small amount, plus helping other small aristocratic families, Wang Chong lost at least 27.8 million taels of gold in this Big Buddha Temple incident.

It can be said that Wang Chong did not receive any benefits in this matter.

Where are the people feeling sorry?

"Hehe, if it's for this matter, then there is no need. It's just 20 million taels of gold, which is nothing to this king. Moreover, the money was finally handled by the court and used in the hands of those orphans." .It can also be regarded as taking from the people and using it for the people.”

Wang Chong smiled lightly.

When Heng Luoshen and Khorasan fought Dashi, Wang Chong demanded a large amount of compensation from Dashi Empire. Even for various expenses, there is still a lot left.

Twenty million taels is really a drop in the bucket for Wang Chong.

Moreover, there is one thing that Wang Chong did not say, that is for those displaced orphans.

Children who have been displaced in the past dynasties, even the prosperous and peaceful world that Wang Chong experienced, and the world with highly developed technology and materials cannot be avoided, let alone this feudal era.

Under Shengshi's performance, there are actually many problems that have been covered up. The brighter the place, the darker the place where the light does not reach.

Wang Chong knew back then that the problem of orphans in the Tang Dynasty was very serious. As far back as Emperor Taizong, Yidi from neighboring countries sneaked into the Tang Dynasty, brought those orphans to the surrounding areas, and finally trained them to become assassins and spies. They spy on intelligence and deal with Datang.

Years of wars and excessive births have contributed to more orphans.

Today, the world is changing, and catastrophe is approaching. In the future, we don’t know how many displaced orphans will be born because of this. This time the First Prince built the Great Buddha Temple, and Wang Chong donated 20 million taels of gold. Prepare.

At least, we can train these orphans, prepare food for them, and at the same time, let them have a little more self-protection power in the end times.

In any case, they will be the hope of the future Tang Dynasty, and even the entire human world!

It's just that Wang Chong won't tell anyone about everything.