I want to ruin the country

For common people, being able to enter the palace is a blessing earned in eight lifetimes. What's wrong with learning etiquette? What's wrong with observing etiquette?

If it is a place that anyone can enter, people wouldn't be interested. But if you learn these etiquettes, you can brag to others when you have nothing to do!

Today is the first day of the auction, starting at nine in the morning.

At half past five, people who came to the auction lined up outside the palace with their payment receipts and their identification documents.

At six o'clock sharp, everyone began to be inspected. The guards carefully checked their identities and their bodies to see if I was hiding any poison, weapons, or the like.

After checking that everything was correct, everyone entered the palace one after another.

The palace was so huge that it amazed those who entered it for the first time. However, this was the palace in their minds. If it was the same as the house of the local rich man in the village, could it still be called a palace?

Weng Tonghe was the only one left in the reed shed outside the Meridian Gate. Although the soldiers had laid a mat under his legs, he was still kneeling until his bones and muscles were numb. The soldiers laughed at him.

"Weng Hanlin, everyone's gone to the treasure auction. What's the point of you still kneeling here?"

Weng Tonghe said breathlessly,

"Even if we die kneeling, we must kneel down to win back the emperor's heart!" the soldiers said.

"It's really hard to persuade a damned person with good advice. Don't you think about it? The emperor is not smarter than you. If you can figure out what the emperor wants to do, wouldn't you also be the emperor?"

Weng Tonghe waved his hands hastily and said,

"You deserve a slap in the face for saying this, how can you say such a thing?

The emperor is the true dragon emperor, how can any mortal be compared to him?

It's just that the emperor was bewitched by the treacherous people and did some absurd things.

I kneel down to make this appeal, asking the Emperor to be close to the nobles and stay away from the villains. I am doing this to cleanse the emperor's court. Heaven and earth can bear witness to this. How can I give up halfway? "

The soldiers listened to him, took a breath, and saw that he was breathing out but not in, and felt pity and hatred for him. They said,

"If you want to kneel, then kneel here. The emperor said, don't be hungry or cold. If you don't eat or drink, you are not worthy of the emperor!"

The soldiers ignored him, and the two chatted, and one sergeant said

"I heard that the Emperor ordered all eighty members of the secret service company to shave their heads!"

Another asked,

"Is that true? I must have heard it wrong!"

That human way,

"No, my cousin is in there, and he came out with a fake braid!"

Another wondered,

"Why did the Emperor ask them to shave their heads?"

That said,

"The Emperor said that we will be using firearms in future wars. Hair is oily and will catch fire easily, which can easily injure people. If you get injured, you have to shave your hair before you can get treatment. Not only will it waste time, but it will also make you more likely to get tetanus!"

Weng Tonghe heard in a daze that all the soldiers in the special forces company had shaved their heads. He really didn't believe it and asked in a trembling voice,

"Is what you said about shaving your head true?"

However, he was weak and his voice was too soft, and the wind was so strong outside the reed shed that the soldiers didn't hear it at all.

He was filled with anger and slowly crawled out and asked,

“Are there really soldiers who shaved their heads?”

This time the two soldiers heard it and said with a smile,

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"But shaved it all off?"

The sergeant laughed.

"Of course it's all shaved off. I've seen it all, and it looks like a big hairless winter melon!"

When Weng Tonghe heard this, he shouted,

"Oh my God, Saint Ancestor, this is the good emperor you taught!"

After shouting, he tilted his head and fainted on the ground.

When the soldiers saw this, they were shocked and worried that he had frozen to death, so they quickly sent him home.

This farce of kneeling and admonishing came to an end just like that!

This was the first time for the people who came to the auction to enter the palace. Although everyone knew the rules, the eunuch leading the way still reminded them again and again.

"Follow me, don't look up, and don't spit anywhere, or you'll be beheaded!"

In fact, the Ministry of Rites had already explained these rules yesterday!

People had an instinctive fear of the imperial palace, and the eunuch, after hearing Yining's words, deliberately acted solemn and dignified, which made these people tremble in their hearts unconsciously!

He was afraid that if he did something wrong, he would be dragged out and chopped to pieces by the soldiers from the Shanpu Camp!

However, these people walked with their heads down, but their eyes were not idle, secretly looking around!

It's so hard to come to the palace, even if you are not allowed to look, you have to take a peek, otherwise what will you brag about when you go back!

After taking a roundabout way, I was brought to the auction venue. It used to be a place for watching plays in the palace and it was very spacious.

Wen Qing had someone tidy up the place briefly, laying a red carpet on the stage, hanging colorful silks, and writing the words "Auction of Treasures from the Imperial Palace of the Great Qing Kingdom" in large letters on red paper on the background.

On the platform was a long table covered with a yellow silk cloth.

The ground below was also covered with carpets and tables and chairs were placed. There was a table in the middle with only a dragon throne. Everyone understood that this should be where the emperor sat.

It seems that the emperor will also participate, and everyone is looking forward to it!

A eunuch announced,

"The space in the house is limited. All the servants you brought with you are waiting in the outer room. There is food, drinks, and tea inside. Please inform us in advance if you need to be more convenient!"

When everyone heard this, they thought that the emperor was quite humane and had arranged a place for his servants to rest!

How could they know that the former emperor would not have thought so carefully about them!

The space in the house is limited, and a host is allowed to bring in one helper at most, which makes the house a bit crowded already!

This is necessary because having money does not mean having professional knowledge. If you want to buy antiques, you must bring an expert with you.

Officials from the Imperial Household Department announced the rules and disciplines, all of which were taught to them by the emperor, including the layout of the venue.

"Everyone was given a red, green, and yellow sign.

After the starting price of an item is announced, everyone can raise their cards.

Raising a red card is equivalent to increasing the price by ten taels of silver, raising a green card is equivalent to increasing the price by fifty taels of silver, and raising a yellow card is equivalent to increasing the price by one hundred taels of silver. If it exceeds one hundred taels, just shout it out directly.

After the host calls out the price three times and no one raises it again, the hammer falls. This signifies a deal, and neither party can go back on their word!

The host asked several times

"Did everyone understand? If you don't understand, ask immediately!"

Finally, everyone said they understood, and the host announced the start.

It was the first time for everyone to attend such a public auction, and they all felt it was very fresh. The first item the young eunuch brought up was a Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain.

The host introduced the items for auction. Wow, it was really shocking right from the start. Although the Yuan blue and white porcelain is only more than 500 years old, its value is already very high.

The next step is to let people who know the business take a close look at the items, but the time should not be too long, because here is different from the outside, there is no need to worry about the authenticity of the items here, you can just take a look and that’s it!

After everyone lined up to take a look, the host announced that the starting price was one hundred taels!