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Chapter 34 Auction Disaster Relief

Jiang Youqiu and Gong Zizhen lost their words for a moment, and the scene became a little cold..com Da Yintai said some gossip. The three of them seemed to have forgotten what they had just said and started chatting casually. While talking, they were walking for a while, and they arrived at a place with many people on the playground. There was a lively atmosphere here. Two strong men in the middle of the circle formed by the crowd were fighting. Whenever they were in a thrilling place, they heard a shout coming from around them.

Jiang Youli, who was far away, saw Liu Ji wearing bright yellow armor listening to Yang Luchan pointing to the field. When he got closer, Jiang Youli bowed and sang, "I am the governor of Zhili, Jiang Youli, pay homage to the emperor, and my emperor is lucky."

Liu Ji heard Jiang Youqi's voice and said he was rude to let Jiang Youqi, Gong Zizhen and Da Yintai walk over.

When he got to the nearest place, Liu Ji stood up and asked the three of them to sit on the long bench beside him and watched the competition.

Liu Ji was in the mood for the excitement. Since the founding of the new army, he had never won the battle with Shanpu Battalion. However, after Dong Haichuan's brother Dong Xianzhou joined the new army, this situation finally ended. Today's competition was Dong Xianzhou and Shanpu Battalion's commander Sha Huihui. The two of them fought back and forth on the field and were indistinguishable.

Although Dayintai's martial arts skills are not as good as Dong Haichuan and Yang Luchan, they are also good players. Seeing the lively battle on the field, Hongsheng said: "If the master had not appointed Cheng Tinghua as the commander of the guards, he would have been no match for Shahuihui."

Speaking of Cheng Tinghua, the generals present are very familiar. This man is a master who came back with Dong Haichuan. He has a very good martial arts. He has competed with Da Yintai once. Although he is not arrogant, Da Yintai is convinced. After Liu Ji talked with him once, he promoted him to the commander of the guards of the Zhenghuang Banner. It was an unprecedented opportunity to appoint the Han commander among the Eight Banners of Manchus. Think about how the Manchus who were in charge of the three banners could convince the public. This is a big difficult task. Cheng Tinghua did it.

It was done. After Cheng Tinghua took office, he was neither arrogant nor humble in his attitude, and set an example in training to strictly demand, and helped the guards in difficulties, and gave them all rewards to his subordinates. The guards who wanted to make trouble with Cheng Tinghua were all impressed by Cheng Tinghua's strong kung fu. In this way, with the strong support of Liu Ji, Cheng Tinghua gained a firm foothold in the position of commander of the guards in Zhenghuang Banner. Those who were dissatisfied with this matter dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

When Jiang Youqiu saw Cheng Tinghua talking about him, he said to Liu Ji: "I think the emperor and the emperor do not avoid saying that he must not do anything. However, the emperor's actions violate the ancestral system, and I am afraid that the royal family will be exposed to the unfavorable situation."

Liu Ji recalled Jiang Youqi's words, and he thought in his heart that the Qing Dynasty was established with the Eight Banners. The courage and fighting of the Eight Banners made the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty. Now the Eight Banners system inevitably corrupted and declining. If the Eight Banners remained unchanged, history would not change, and the shame of modern China would inevitably be copied to himself and his great motherland. Thinking of this, Liu Ji smiled and said: "If a person has a tumor on his body, it will only become weaker and weaker until he dies. He can endure a temporary pain, and it may be better."

Jiang Youqi bowed and smiled, "What the emperor said made me suddenly enlightened, and the weak minister received the teachings."

Liu Jiyi laughed and asked, "Is there nothing else to do when I come here?"

When Jiang Youqiu saw the emperor asking about the important matter, he quickly replied: "I came here to report to the emperor about the situation of the victims of Zhili. Since the beginning of winter, because the Yongding River remediation project has no silver, it has been intermittent, and the victims starved to death and the number of frozen deaths has increased. I was anxious and begged the emperor to withdraw some silver to solve the urgent problem."

Liu Ji was also having a headache about the money these days. Five hundred children sent to the West spent the last money in the treasury. Those money prepared for opening a bank must not be moved, and it will be fine as soon as the bank is done. Liu Ji suddenly had the idea of ​​the official kiln and weaving yard under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He had a sudden idea of ​​why not let these workshops that produce royal tribute become factories for making money. Thinking about it again, Liu Ji felt a little regretful. Although the idea was good, he could not help. Liu Ji thought about his own supplies. He thought for a while and asked Jiang Youzhi: "Please take some of my extra utensils to a wealthy family for auction. Lord Jiang thinks it is OK?"

Jiang Youzhi was startled and thought the emperor was ridiculing him. He was kneeling down and kowtowed, but Liu Ji grabbed him and asked, "What is Mr. Jiang doing? Are I talking to you?"

Jiang Youli looked up at Liu Ji's expression. Seeing that Liu Ji was looking at him seriously, there was no inappropriate expression. Jiang Youli suddenly felt a sudden surge in his heart, his nose sore, and he cried out in a whimper. He quickly wiped the corners of his dizzy eyes with his shriveled hands, and said in a buzzing voice: "Wei Chen, Wei Chen, Wei Chen dare not do this."

When Liu Ji saw Jiang Youji crying, he thought he was anxious about the disaster victims, and he became more and more determined in his mind. After returning, he immediately asked Cao Jinxi to help pick up many palace instruments, and then asked Ma Weiqi to instruct him to organize the matter using modern auction methods.

According to the emperor's intention, Ma Weiqi first found a lively and elegant place in the capital as an auction site, and then compiled the disaster relief and auction matters into rumors, so that the updaters who were fighting for the update were chanting everywhere, and hired a opera squad to sing about the emperor's auction of his own items to help the victims. He also carried out such publicity throughout Zhili through government offices in various places. In this way, the people who came from the auction day filled the spacious auction hall and a two-story teahouse. He saw it.

The person who participated in the auction burst into laughter after the main auctioneer of Bangcui burst into tears. Afterwards, these wealthy families felt that Bangcui was terrible. The first modern auction in Chinese history achieved unprecedented success, and it played a great role in using relief to the victims of Zhili. Liu Ji took the lead, and many of the officials participated in the disaster relief, which solved Jiang Youqi's problem at once. Jiang Youqi felt a lot of emotion in his heart. What kind of person is the emperor today, making him more and more unpredictable.

Not to mention Jiang Youqi's later words, but after Liu Ji beat Jiang Youqi's affairs, he always thought about making money from the workshops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After thinking about it, he decided to set up a Royal Industrial Development Company, let Mao Hongsui be the general manager, and turn the high-end royal tributes produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs into high-end commodities for sale at home and abroad. Liu Ji had something in mind, so he left the Xinjun Xiangshan camp in advance and returned to the Forbidden City.

As soon as he returned to the Forbidden City, Liu Ji immediately sent someone to summon Mao Hongsui to discuss the matter and quickly concluded the matter.
Chapter completed!
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