Hearing the praise around him, Butcher Fan could not help straightening his back, a smug smile spreading across his fleshy face.
"A righteous man!"
The official cupped his hands to Butcher Fan in praise, then called out, "Butcher Fan has donated twenty strings of cash and half a pig! A great act of charity! His good name shall be listed on the Imperial Notice!"
With the common people donating enthusiastically and spreading the word, news soon swept through Ye City that donations could earn them an audience with the Son of Heaven Machine, and even have their names carved on a stele to endure for a hundred generations.
For a time, the entire city was discussing the Imperial Notice and the Good Deeds Stele.
Even the Great Aristocratic Clans, who had originally refused to contribute money or goods, were stirred up one after another.
Chapter 270: Great Han’s Foremost Benefactor Must Be Our Yang Clan, Fu Shi, Zhen Clan, Cui Clan, Dong
Pursuing fame and profit was human nature.
Liu Xie had baited the hook with fame. Even though the Great Aristocratic Families knew exactly what he was doing, they could not ignore it, because the title “Great Han’s Foremost Benefactor” carried far too much weight.
To have their names engraved in stone and a stele erected to pass them down to posterity was a lifelong goal they had pursued for generations.
Why had they been unwilling to contribute money and grain before?
Because doing so brought them no benefit. However much money and grain they donated, all they could earn was some goodwill from Liu Xie, nothing more.
All the fame, meanwhile, would go to Liu Xie.
The common people would only know that the Son of Heaven and the court had provided the money and grain to