This memorial was presented to the imperial court. After reading it, Jiang Shaohua sighed to the high ministers, "The Lu Family and Cui Family are loyal to the country and willing to donate money and grain for fifty li of riverbank construction to relieve my burdens. I must appreciate their kindness."
"I intend to confer the title of Earl to the Lu Family and Cui Family. What do all the ministers think?"
Constructing fifty li of riverbank costs approximately a million in funds.
This means that by spending a million taels of silver, one can obtain a hereditary earldom.
Even Minister Zhang was invigorated. After all, the ministers had already prepared themselves to make painful sacrifices. If tangible benefits could be gained in return, wouldn't that be even better?
