Qiao Erlang was still serving as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at this time, and his superior, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was still bedridden by imperial decree!
Does his current behavior represent himself or the court?
Someone asked this question bluntly.
Qiao Erlang said bluntly: "This is a private fundraising activity in my personal name, held openly in the leisure square of Yumancang.
Donating 100 taels is a token of your own intention, and donating even a penny is also a token of your own intention! Donate as much as you can!
Our main goal is to do our best to prepare more supplies for the soldiers at the border!
Anything purchased with the raised funds will be announced publicly and will never go into personal pockets!"
Xu Can said worriedly: "Erlang, I'm afraid not many people will be willing to pay for this!"
"Brother-in-law, you're not coming either?"
Xu Can said angrily: "How is that possible? Your sister will beat me to death!"
Qiao Erlang looked determined and confident: "Then what I do has meaning. At least I am not alone. As for what others think, I don't care!"
Thus, with the promotion of a group of young men, Qiao Erlang's plan to raise charity funds spread like wildfire to every corner of the capital.
If you were to ask who the young dandies in Beijing admire the most, it would definitely be Qiao Erlang!
They know how to eat, play, and make money. They can clearly distinguish between gratitude and resentment and have a bottom line.
The most important thing is that even with the same eating, drinking and entertainment, their parents are either disappointed or very disappointed with them.
But Qiao Erlang's parents did not restrain him, and his grandmother even took the lead in giving him money and encouraging him to have fun.
But that kid is very lucky in terms of money. The more he spends, the more he gets.
He even managed to be a successful princess consort, a role that everyone avoided.
Could it be that this boy is a born koi?
While everyone was watching, Qiao Erlang soon received the first donation!
Donations from the Queen Mother and Princess Qi!
His eldest sister, the Crown Princess of Xiaoyao Marquis's Mansion, gave her all her support. As the owner of a scripture bookstore with great wealth, she not only sent someone to deliver 10,000 taels of silver, but also provided 5,000 dan of grain and 5 carts of medicinal materials to Xiaoyao Marquis's Mansion.
The other brothers and sisters of the Qiao family all offered their help.
Even after school, Liu Lang would go back to the backyard to ask his mother for money to support his second brother.
Zhang was unhappy, but she had to patiently coax her son.
"Sixth brother, you are still young and don't understand the ins and outs of this, so don't get involved.
We won’t compete with them. They have the property given by your grandmother, and even a hair plucked out of them is thicker than your thigh. We won’t join in the fun!”
Qiao Liulang looked at his mother innocently and said, "Mom, I'm not asking for too much. One thousand taels won't do. We don't need this money, do we?
My third brother and sister each took out five thousand taels. I am young, so at least I can take one thousand taels as a token of my appreciation. My second brother is usually very nice to me, so I can’t just not help him when he has something to do, right?”
Zhang leaned down and coaxed him, "My son, didn't I tell you not to join in the fun? You are different from your third brother and sister. They have the confidence given by your grandmother, but you don't!"
Qiao Liulang frowned and insisted on his own idea.
"I don't need anything from my grandmother. I have it myself. Every year, my grandmother, aunt, father, uncle, third uncle, brothers and sisters give me a sum of New Year's money. You asked me to keep it for you. Can I withdraw one thousand taels now?"
Seeing that her youngest son was also singing a different tune from her, Zhang suddenly became furious and slapped him!
"Brother, sister, grandmother, you only remember them, why can't you remember what mother told you?
Now even you don't listen to your mother? You are such a traitor. If you think your second brother is good, just follow him and see if he will look at you with respect?"
Qiao Liulang looked at his out-of-control mother in shock. He didn't understand because he only wanted one thousand taels of silver.
His pocket money accumulated over the years has amounted to tens of thousands of yuan, and this one thousand taels doesn't account for a big portion of his total. Is there any need for his mother to be so angry?
The money was given to me by my brothers and sisters and my father, and my mother’s private money was not used. What was my mother angry about?
Besides, my second brother has always been nice to me.
He would ask the servants to bring me a portion of anything delicious or fun, and he never looked down on me. How could my mother know that my second brother didn't like me?
In his limited mind, Qiao Liulang realized that his mother didn't seem to love him that much, and was particularly averse to him getting close to his other brothers and sisters.
He looked at his mother in confusion as she told him again and again about her difficulties and accused him of being rebellious.
But he was not wrong, he refused to accept it!
Seeing that it was no use to continue with Zhang's fuss, the wet nurse quickly sent someone to invite Sanlang!
Qiao Sanlang stood outside the door looking at Zhang with an expressionless face.
"What is mother doing? What has my brother done that you are so careless? How old is he? He cannot afford the crime of disobedience and unfilial piety!"
Zhang paused her hand that was about to smash something, slowly stood up, and avoided looking, not daring to meet her eldest son's gaze.
"How could that be possible? Your sixth brother did something wrong and I just said a few words to him, but he actually dared to talk back!"
Qiao Sanlang walked past Zhang and went straight to Liu Lang. Seeing that Liu Lang was fine, he said, "Go find your third sister. I want to talk to mother for a while!"
"I got it, Sixth Brother!" Qiao Liulang looked listless and responded with a pout.
When his father was away, Sanlang took care of Liulang like a father and a brother, and Liulang obeyed his words.
After Liu Lang left, Qiao Sanlang finally faced Zhang directly, but the words he said were as cold and hard as ice chips.
"If mother continues to sow discord between Liu Lang and his brothers, I will personally send mother to the farm to live out the rest of her life."
Zhang's heart sank, her eyes turned red, "Sanlang, you are so cruel, I am your mother, the child I gave birth to with all my efforts, yet you despise me like this!
If you all listen to your grandmother, what's the point of me living?"
"It is precisely because you are my mother that you can talk to me so nicely. If it were someone else, do you think he would have this opportunity?
You don't have to involve my grandmother. She never taught me to be disobedient to you.
Your grandmother has taught you countless times, but you always let her down.
Grandma has already given up on you, and Daddy has been disliked by Grandma because of you. What else do you want?"
"She's not your real grandmother, why do you just listen to her?"
"You also know that she is not my biological grandmother, but she raised me, taught me knowledge, taught me martial arts, and taught me the principles of being a human being!
Shouldn't you be the one to teach me these? But where are you? Where are my grandparents?
Without my grandmother, I wouldn't be here today! How can a son not be grateful for her kindness? "
Zhang shouted unwillingly, "What about me? I have no merits but I have worked hard. Sanlang, how can you do this to me?"
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