The system forced me to be emperor

In the end, the painting was won by the Li family at a price of 5 taels.

Xiao Rui was quite satisfied.

Next, there were donations from other princes one after another, and it went on smoothly without any disturbance.

In the end, apart from Xiao Rui and Xiao Yuan, who was not in the capital, the treasures donated by the seven princes raised a total of 17.5 taels, including the empress and imperial concubine, less than 20 taels.

The sponsorship and bidding of Jiala is only 75 taels, which is more than 120 million taels, which is still 45 taels.

And then, only His Majesty's donations remained, and Your Majesty only wrote three words, which were written by Xiao Rui's begging. These three words wanted to raise 45 taels, and each of them Get 15 taels!

What is the concept of 15 taels?

The salaries of the officials in the Great Xia Kingdom are very rich, making Xiao Rui feel greedy. No wonder everyone wants to be an official, because their salaries are higher than those of the Song Dynasty in the previous life!

They not only have salaries, but also clothing, grain, tea, wine and kitchen materials, fuel charcoal, salt, clothing and food for attendants, horses and millet, additional support (increased), post money, envoy money, and rewards, etc. In simple conversion, the annual income of a minister is equivalent to 500 taels of silver.

And 15 taels requires a six ministers without eating or drinking for 60 years.

Therefore, 15 taels is an astronomical figure.

But you must know that this is just a salary of a minister, and does not involve his family property. If he has a title, he will also have food!Food towns are the big ones, and 15 households are randomly sealed for food. After several generations of accumulation, [-] taels is not a big deal.

Not to mention those gatekeepers!

The Li clan has existed for hundreds of years, and it has existed since the Great Xia was established. There are also the Zhou family, the Yang family, etc. Will their wealth accumulated for hundreds of years be less?

The huge amount of money embezzled by Heshen in the previous life was compared to 15 years of treasury business, so how much less will the wealth of those powerful people be?

It can only be said that their wealth is not exposed.

"120 million taels! No problem!" Xiao Rui was immediately full of confidence.

Chapter 206: It's none of my business, it's King Xian's idea!

Xiao Rui stood on the platform and looked around, everyone's eyes were focused on him, because they knew that the most exciting and fierce competition would be next, because the auction was for the treasure donated by His Majesty.

It is said that His Majesty personally wrote a piece of calligraphy titled: "Scholarly Family", these four characters are more attractive than gold, and some aristocratic families with Confucianism are regarded as treasures, so the four characters inscribed by the imperial pen are hanging At home, it is no longer bragging about his scholarly legacy, but a real scholarly family!How can this dignity be measured by money?

Money keeps money for a long time, and yellow and white things can't bring reputation.As for the "scholarly family" mentioned in His Majesty's personal question, as long as the Great Xia Kingdom exists, the longer it will last, the more it will last forever, just like a treasured wine, bringing brilliance to the whole family.

Xiao Rui felt the silence around him, and everyone was looking at him, as if he was short of breath.

He waved his hand, and a beautiful young girl came onto the stage. The tray was covered with apricot silk, making it even more noble.

"Everyone, the next step is the last part of the charity auction. Our great majesty of the Great Xia Kingdom donated three treasures to fund the auction. Now it is the first one in front of you! Please allow me to show it to everyone This baby!"

After Xiao Rui finished speaking with a smile, he raised his hand and pinched the apricot silk.

Everyone stood up and looked at Xiao Rui intently.

Xiao Rui slowly stretched out his hand, pinched a corner of the apricot yellow silk, and deliberately slowed down, so that everyone's hearts were raised. When the silk was slowly uncovered, sure enough, a scroll appeared on the tray.

Xiao Rui held the scroll in both hands, and said with a smile: "I am fortunate to have seen this treasure in advance. I can tell everyone that this is a calligraphy, and it was mentioned by His Majesty himself!"

After a pause, Xiao Rui continued: "Besides, the content of this scroll has far-reaching meaning and is very valuable for preservation. Everyone, can you guess what it is?"

"His Royal Highness, don't be a fool, open it as soon as possible, and let me wait to see the essence of the imperial pen!" The speaker was a doctor from the Imperial Academy. Although his rank was not high, he was Meng Tiannan, the son of Master Meng. The current owner of the house.The Meng family has always boasted of being a scholarly family, and the Kong family refused to give in to each other. Naturally, this "scholarly family" became the focus of competition between the two families.

"That's right! Your Highness King Xian, I'm already in a hurry, so don't delay." The head of the Kong family who spoke, this Kong family is also the descendant of Kong Sheng, but because Kong Sheng's ancestral home is in the Great Zhao Kingdom, so the Great Xia Kingdom's The reputation of the Confucian family is far inferior to that of the Zhao State Confucian family, but it is also a first-class Confucian family in Daxia.

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "Since the two adults are so eager, then well, I will open the scroll!"

As he spoke, Xiao Rui slowly opened the scroll, and the eight big characters appeared in everyone's eyes.

bass...

Unexpectedly, the princes stood up suddenly, staring at the eight characters in shock, but looking at the Patriarch of the Meng family and the Patriarch of the Kong family, they were dumbfounded, why are there eight characters?And it's not what I thought!

It turned out that what was written on the scroll was: "Nine days embrace the moon, be the number one!"

This remark is easy to understand. It refers to accomplishing the impossible, implying lofty aspirations. Coupled with being the champion, the whole sentence can be understood as: In the fierce competition, victory has been achieved.

It is all because of the word "nine" that made the princes so nervous and important.

The nine princes of Daxia, and the nine dragon sons go to the sky to embrace the moon, who can be the champion?

This belongs to Lenovo, but it was written by His Majesty. He wrote such a passage for no reason, and even took out the auction. What is his intention?So the princes have to be cautious and think a lot.

And Emperor Xia drank tea quietly.

He said that he was innocent, that his son Xiao Rui tricked him into writing it himself, and it had nothing to do with his thoughts or intentions, nor did he have any thoughts, and it had nothing to do with him no matter what others thought. It doesn't matter.

Xiao Rui was overjoyed.

Look at Xiao Yiheng's excitement, you can see his eagerness from downstairs.The performance of the other princes was not much better, only Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan were much calmer, it seemed that the brothers had stood up, if they didn't stand up, it would be quite embarrassing.

"Gentlemen, these eight characters are written by His Majesty himself. How domineering and domineering! If anyone can get this painting and hang it in the study, there will be no disadvantages, and they will strive to be the first in everything." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

"Next, let's start bidding! The starting price for this painting is 8 taels! Each increase must not be less than 1 taels!"

"Suck..."

There was a sound of rapid breathing. I didn't expect the price of this calligraphy to be so high, but think about it, this is His Majesty's calligraphy, can it not be expensive?

"This king bids 8 taels!" Xiao Yiheng shouted immediately without being polite.

Xiao Lie immediately raised the price: "9 taels!"

"10 taels!" The sixth prince Xiao Ming actually joined in the fun.

"14 taels!" Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan, who was silent, suddenly raised the price, and even directly increased the price by 4 taels. This move made the three princes startled and stared at him.

Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly, realizing that he had raised the price a little too aggressively.Concubine De was so angry that she coughed repeatedly when she heard her son's asking price. If His Majesty hadn't been there, she would have rushed to twist her ears. Tell me, why are you joining in the fun!

Xiao Rui was also a little speechless. I knew that Xiao Yan was unreliable, but I didn't expect it to be so unreliable. Your behavior of deliberately raising prices is too obvious. Raising prices has always been about step by step, and you will increase it unconsciously. After rising so much, the few people who were about to fight over their heads immediately sobered up, and they were fighting for a fart!

"It's 14 taels, is there any competition? It's His Majesty's expectation to take the top spot in nine days!" Xiao Rui had no choice but to start talking nonsense, and it was in front of His Majesty.

Your Majesty never had this expectation!This is not only nonsense, but also trying to figure out the holy will!

Fortunately, Emperor Xia kept drinking tea and seemed not to hear.

But Xiao Rui's words once again ignited the passion of the princes.

"15 taels!" Xiao Yiheng bid again.

"16 taels!"