After taking a few deep breaths, Cui Zhen finally suppressed the anger in his heart, and cupped his hands at Li Wenbin: "His Royal Highness, why are you doing this? You could have easily won the kindness of my Cui family."

"And my Lu family."

Ludi also thinks the same way.

Li Wenbin smiled indifferently: "Brother Cui, why did you say that? Just a piece of miscellaneous, this palace lantern is unparalleled in the world, isn't it worth more? In business talk business, is there anything wrong with what I do? "

"But you are offending my Cui family and Lu family at the same time!"

"I want to ask Mr. Cui, how many masters do you keep talking about in the Cui family?"

"Oh no, in terms you can understand, how many guards and horses are there in your family?"

"you……"

This Li Wenbin's words are full of pitfalls. If he says no, it means that Cui Zhen is talking in the vernacular, slapping his face to pretend to be fat; Why do you still keep those soldiers at home?
Is it for rebellion?

Since the Liu and Song Dynasties, the family clan has been suppressed, and has lost its former glory; after the toss of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the clan system has existed in name only.

The privileges in the military and political aspects have been greatly weakened, and only the scholars who monopolize the world are left to advance and barely maintain their former glory.

In history, the influence of clan clans on the Han nationality continued until the establishment of the Song Dynasty. The military leaders of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms did not care who your ancestors were, and they would kill them. They almost killed these clan clan clansmen.

In the early Tang Dynasty, in order to win over the hearts of scholars in the world, Li Shimin still gave some preferential treatment to the nobles. After all, he himself was from the Guanlong noble family, but the blows against the nobles never stopped.

After hearing Cui Zhen's words, Li Shimin snorted softly, his expression not changing.

Empress Changsun held her husband's hand with a smile in her eyes.

"Guanyin maidservant, I really don't know what kind of consequences Wen Bin will cause when he attacks the aristocratic family this time."

"Your Majesty, since this time has come, there is no need to look forward and backward. The only thing we can do now is to trust Wen Bin."

"Well, you're right. I naturally want to trust my own son, not those clans who only have a family but no country!"

At this time, Cui Zhen had already thought of an answer: "King Qin, my Cui family has lasted for hundreds of years, relying on family heirs of poems and books. All scholars in the world look up to my Cui family, you..."

"Whether to shoot or not, don't talk nonsense if you don't shoot. If you can't afford it and still pretend to be aggressive, you don't know if you will be struck by lightning?"

Li Wenbin rudely interrupted Cui Zhen's words, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Even Zhi Shi applauded loudly: he didn't have a good impression of these rotten scholars who could only play tricks, but he thought that Li Wenbin who cut off a pair of his ears was an upright man.

"I……"

Lu Di spoke at this time: "His Royal Highness, I will pay 20 guan, and this palace lantern belongs to me!"

"Okay, Mr. Lu, take it." Li Wenbin ordered someone to hand over the palace lantern to Lu Di, "I'll give you another box, and I'll make sure it's beautiful. Let Ling Zu like it when he sees it."

"Lu Di, what do you mean? Did I say no?" Cui Zhen was about to die of anger, "King Qin, I will also offer 20 guan... No, I will offer 21 guan, and give me this palace lantern!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cui. The hammer has been dropped, and this palace lantern now belongs to Mr. Lu. Please be early next time."

Li Wenbin didn't even look at him, and knocked on the table again, proceeding to the next auction.

Cui Zhen was forced to sit down by his fellow clan, and he was so angry that his teeth were almost shattered.

Li Wenbin, in the future I will make you kneel at my feet and beg for mercy.

If today's revenge is not avenged, I, Cui Zhen, swear that I will not be a human being.

The auction went on item by item, but there was no tension like just now.

The rich people from Chang'an and Luoyang were finally a little satisfied. They spent huge sums of money to buy some glazed products in Li Wenbin's hands--they didn't care about the money, they wanted as much as they wanted, and today this kind of thing with His Majesty the Emperor The opportunity to watch a good show may be the only one in this life.

They won't regret spending any money on it.

In this auction, all the civil and military officials and nobles acted as spectators-it's not that the civil officials couldn't afford the money, but they didn't dare at all.

But the nobles got hints from Li Wenbin in advance, so they didn't get involved.

Cheng Yaojin winked at Li Wenbin from time to time in the audience, and then got together with Yu Chigong, Qin Qiong and Zhang Gongjin and muttered together, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

The auction lasted until late at night before it was considered over.

Almost everyone was very satisfied - Li Shimin and Empress Changsun received a year's tax from the Tang Dynasty; civil and military officials watched a good show all night; Turkic envoys bought "rare treasures"; There is a connection.

Even the Lu family bought a treasure as the owner's birthday gift.

Except for the Cui family, not only did they not gain anything, but they were also humiliated by Li Wenbin for nothing. Cui Zhen almost gritted his teeth and endured it to the end.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were the first to leave, and then they left one by one according to their status.

The originally bustling theater became quiet again. Li Wenbin took out the auction statistics and smiled triumphantly.

One step closer to my plan.

……

"Your Majesty, this is the receipt just sent by Wen Bin." Empress Changsun placed a piece of paper in front of Li Shimin, "The total proceeds from this auction are 520 million guan, which has been transferred into internal funds."

Looking at the numbers on the list, Li Shimin flicked the paper lightly: "Guanyin maidservant, it's really scary. The things made of a mere pile of sand, but in exchange for a full tax can be compared to my Tang Dynasty's one-year tax." wealth, and even a surplus.”

"Your Majesty, what you said is terrible..."

"Oh, don't worry. I'm not talking about Wen Bin when I'm talking about the weird skills."

"We didn't pay attention to this kind of thing before, but now it is an eye-opener for me."

"Wen Bin said that this is not his credit. Without the help of the public loser, Daoist Yuan and others, he would not be able to achieve this level."

"Well, I understand naturally. By the way, we discussed two days ago to give Wen Bin's birth mother a title, let's announce it now!"

"The concubine thinks it's okay, so Wen Bin can take it easy. He's already 17 years old, and it's time to find him an in-law."

"Come on, it's a purpose."

"Pursuing the birth mother of the King of Qin, the Li family, as Empress Cheng Xiao Gong Su Ming De Hong Ren Shun Tian Qi Sheng Zhao."

After Yan Shigu drafted the decree, Li Shimin stamped the State Jade Seal, and then officially announced it to the world through the seals of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province.

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