The villain and the powerful official secretly read the diary and broke my plot every day

Liuquan Lane was silent as many families had not yet recovered from the pain of losing their loved ones, while Kyoto was in chaos.

Everyone knows about yesterday's riot by refugees, and the Kyoto government office has also posted a notice of punishment for the refugees who caused the riot and the bandits who took the opportunity to kill and rob.

Even so, the people are still uneasy and resentful.

Fortunately, at this time, Lord Gu Xiang came forward in person. Not only Lord Gu Xiang, but also the fifty-one Jinshi candidates who took the imperial examination stood behind Lord Gu and made a promise to the people of the capital together, promising that all refugees outside the capital would be properly arranged within ten days. Lord Gu even read out the imperial edict in public. Although the treasury of Qingyun Kingdom was empty, His Majesty's grace was great, and he would take out 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury to buy food and provide relief to the refugees.

At the same time, Prime Minister Gu also called on people with lofty ideals and kind-hearted families in the capital to help the refugees together. This rescue operation will not only involve the royal family and government officials, but all the academies in the capital will also rescue the refugees together under the leadership of fifty-one Jinshi!

Gu Yanqing stood on the high platform, making an impassioned speech while opening a gold-stamped scroll in front of countless people. At the top of the scroll, the three large characters "The List of One Hundred Virtues" were written in a flamboyant style.

"This list of 100 virtues was personally written by His Majesty! This relief effort for the refugees and the reconstruction of the outer city will be personally supervised by me. All individuals or groups who contribute money and effort to this relief operation will be recorded one by one. Finally, I will verify each one and the top 100 contributors will be recorded on this list for the people of the world to admire. In addition, the top 10 contributors will receive a golden sign written by His Majesty himself!"

Before Gu Yanqing finished speaking, the people below were already boiling with excitement——

The Hundred Virtues List?

Although I don't know what it is, but being related to His Majesty must be very impressive, right? The people around were very envious, and the eyes of the wealthy businessmen in the crowd all lit up -

You have to know that although these merchants are well-dressed and well-fed, their status is inferior to others. Let alone the royal family, it is a great honor for them to be able to establish a relationship with ordinary officials.

And now...

As long as you contribute money and effort to help those refugees, you will have the opportunity to receive the golden signboard bestowed by His Majesty. What does that mean?

The owner of Mingyuelou, the second-largest restaurant in the capital, was now bulging with a large belly, his eyes narrowed into crescents.

If he could obtain the plaque bestowed by His Majesty, who would dare to say that Mingyue Tower was the second best restaurant in the capital?

With the plaque bestowed by the emperor, his Mingyue Tower is the best building in the world!

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Originally, most of the people in the capital had complaints about the refugee riots in the outer city, which had resulted in many casualties. Some were even secretly instigating and spreading rumors, saying that the refugees were starving and rioting because of Gu Yanqing's new policies, which had led to lower taxes, an empty treasury, and even the food in the Huimin granary...

The people of this era generally have little education and believe whatever others say.

Therefore, before Gu Yanqing appeared with fifty-one Jinshi scholars, these people had a lot of complaints about him.

but now……

The situation suddenly changed.

The common people were not so cunning and did not understand the twists and turns in the court. When they heard that the national treasury had no money and food, and that His Majesty was willing to use the money from the treasury to help the people buy food, they were all very moved.

That’s one hundred thousand taels, a full one hundred thousand taels of silver!

Moreover, Prime Minister Gu said that the refugees would be resettled within ten days. As long as they had food to eat and a place to live, they would not cause trouble again.

Of course, the most important thing is that this time Gu Yanqing also brought along all the newly-promoted Jinshi and all the academies in the capital.

Who is the most respected person these days?

Of course it’s a scholar!

Scholars don't lie.

The people in the capital were excited and ran around to tell each other the news.

The wealthy businessmen in Beijing could no longer sit still. The list of the top 10 virtues and the golden signs of the top ten were really tempting!

Although it requires some price to pay, but...

This deal is a bargain!

Every businessman has a scale in his heart. They are all very cunning and will never do a business that loses money. But if there is a sure profit, then... who wouldn't want to get involved?

In fact, it was not just the businessmen. The most excited people in the crowd at this time were the people from the academy who were specially called over by Gu Yanqing.

Merchants pursue wealth and profit, but scholars care most about reputation.

Gu Yanqing looked at the old deans who were already eager to make a move, smiled slightly, turned around and left with a group of Jinshi.

Jiang Chaosheng was in the crowd, following closely.

Today he originally thought that Prime Minister Gu had only called him and Shen Guiyuan, but after arriving at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he found that all the Jinshi had been called by Gu Yanqing.

Many of these Jinshi were children of aristocrats. Although it was impossible for them to follow the same path as Gu Yanqing, Gu Yanqing was the left prime minister and a first-rank official of the current dynasty. When he summoned them for something, these people had to rush over as soon as possible.

After everyone arrived, Gu Yanqing also told them directly the purpose of summoning them -

Prime Minister Gu actually wanted the fifty-one of them to go together to properly resettle the refugees from the outer city!

"I don't care what methods you use. Of course, you can also choose to do nothing. Now this matter is not only watched by me, but also by all the civil and military officials, His Majesty, and even the people of the entire capital. If anyone handles it properly, they will naturally be rewarded."

Gu Yanqing stopped talking.

But all fifty-one of them understood—

This thing must be done, and it must be done beautifully!

Whoever does the best will naturally rise to the top and get promoted and make money!

This……

It’s a great opportunity!

"Minister Gu is really good at this. This time, as long as we do well, we will have fame, wealth and status."

Shen Guiyuan was beside Jiang Chaosheng, whispering as he walked.

"Yes."

Jiang Chaosheng nodded, and at the same time glanced at the nobles around him inconspicuously.

Originally, these aristocratic scholars did not have to do anything after passing the imperial examination. The forces behind them would naturally pave the way for them, and promotion and wealth would be just around the corner.

But now, everything is different.

Now all the citizens of the capital are watching, and all the students in the academies of the capital are watching as well.

It’s even possible... that everyone in the entire Qingyun Kingdom knows about it.

If these people want to rise to the top, they must do their best and spend a lot of money this time.