I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 454 Surround this place to me!

Time passed slowly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when the auction was officially held.

Capital, Yan Mansion.

At this moment, Yan Shifan's face was full of worries that could not be concealed. He looked at Yan Song who was on the side, and said admonishingly: "Father, your illness is not cured, you should rest for a while!"

"Just let me go, you can rest at home!"

When Yan Song heard this, he shook his head imperceptibly, and immediately rejected Yan Shifan's request: "It's okay, since I took the new medicine prescribed by Li Taiyi, my health has improved a lot, cough cough!"

"Besides, today is the day when the auction will be officially held. Your Majesty entrusted me with this matter. How could I not be there in person?"

After sensing the irrefutable meaning in Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan had no choice but to temporarily give up his advice.

After instructing the bearer who carried the sedan chair to slow down the sedan chair, Yan Shifan immediately got on the sedan chair and headed towards the venue where the auction will be held.

……

At this moment, the venue where the auction was held was already full of voices.

In this auction, big and small reputable merchants in the capital participated.

After all, at present, the newspapers issued by the imperial court are very popular with the naked eye. If you can get lucky enough to bid for the qualification to sponsor the newspaper, maybe you can reproduce the miracle of Liuxinju!
Compared with the huge profits that can be obtained in the future, what is the little money paid for the current auction sponsorship of the newspaper?

Because before this, there was news that the whole matter was personally in charge of the whole matter by Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Therefore, the defense at the scene was extremely tight, and a team of officials passed by from time to time.

At this moment, Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion looked at the long queue of people holding gilded invitation cards in the distance, checking their identities one by one, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Oh, it's really a decline in the world, people's hearts are not old, when will those three religions and nine streams be able to participate!"

As soon as Ding Shichang's words fell, the subordinates at the side followed closely and said in harmony.

"Yes, my lord, I heard that the newly opened Spring Breeze Building in the city also participated in this auction!"

Upon hearing this, Ding Shichang glanced at the subordinate, and immediately explained.

"They are just taking this opportunity to make a name for themselves!"

"This newly opened Chunfeng Building, I have been there before, and it has a special flavor. The interior decoration is quite elegant, and the girls inside are also very..."

When Ding Shichang said this, he suddenly came back to his senses, then ignored the expectant eyes of those subordinates, and immediately changed the subject.

"Okay, let's go look around and see if there are any suspicious people around!"

"Yes, my lord!"

When the subordinates heard the words, their faces were full of regret, and they immediately responded reluctantly.

Not long after those subordinates left, they saw a large number of guards approaching the place where the auction was held, and with them, there were two sedan chairs of different colors.

Seeing this, Ding Shichang couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, and silently said to himself: "Huh~ finally here!"

After this, Ding Shichang quickly called back his subordinates and greeted him respectfully.

Not long after, the two sedan chairs with different colors stopped. The first one to get out of the sedan chair was Yan Shifan.

"Father, slow down!"

Yan Shifan carefully helped Yan Song out of the sedan chair and reminded him.

Seeing this situation, Ding Shichang immediately took a step forward, bowed and said, "Ding Shichang, the official of Shuntian Mansion, has seen Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xiao Ge!"

Yan Song heard the words, after observing the surrounding situation with cloudy eyes, he just opened his mouth and said unhurriedly.

"Well, thank you for your hard work!"

When Ding Shichang heard this, a look of gratitude appeared on his face at the right time, and he said humbly: "Old Yan Ge is absurd, this is what a subordinate official should do!"

After that, the two sides didn't have too many greetings, Yan Shifan also helped Yan Song, and entered the venue of the auction.

The venue of the auction was the same as last time. Not only did it occupy a huge area, but it was also divided into upper and lower floors. The lower floor was used to receive ordinary merchants, while the upper floor was not open to the public.

As soon as Yan Song and Yan Shifan entered the auction venue, a maid immediately stepped forward to greet them.

At the same time, they were also taken to the place with the widest view on the second floor, where they could have a panoramic view of the entire auction site.

After Yan Song and Yan Shifan sat down in their seats, a maid stepped forward and poured hot tea for them with great enthusiasm.

Before Yan Song could speak, Yan Shifan asked Yan Song first.

"Father, how much silver do you think can be auctioned this time?"

When Yan Song heard this, after thinking about it for a moment, he immediately responded, his tone full of firmness.

"I think it's about 400 million taels!"

As the merchants took their seats one after another, the old man who was in charge of this auction also appeared, and behind him was the maid who had a good appearance and temperament from last time.

The old man coughed twice, and after turning everyone's attention to himself, he said in a deep voice.

"Ahem, I kept everyone waiting for a long time!"

"This auction is mainly to auction the qualifications to sponsor newspapers issued by the imperial court. The auction starts at 5000 taels of silver, and there is no upper limit. Due to the limited number of places, if you miss this opportunity, you will never know when the next one will be!"

A few casual words from the old man lifted the atmosphere of the scene. For those merchants who came to participate in this auction, no matter what, they had to bid for the qualification to sponsor the newspaper!

After all, there is the successful example of Liuxinju, and no one can resist the temptation.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was almost exaggerated, the old man immediately stepped aside and said in a deep voice.

"Now I announce that the auction has officially started, with a reserve price of [-] and no upper limit!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, a merchant raised the sign in his hand and bid for the price.

"I'll pay [-]!"

Seeing this situation, the old man's expression suddenly became agitated, and he turned his eyes to the merchants in the audience, and said in a deep voice.

"No. [-] offered [-], is there any higher bid?"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, a muffled voice came from the corner: "I pay [-]!"

Hearing this, the old man immediately turned his attention to the merchant who bid in the corner, and said loudly: "No. 12 bid [-], is there anything more..."

"I pay [-]!"

"I'll pay [-]!"

……

While the auction in the capital was still going on in full swing, the notices previously issued by the Ministry of Officials were also distributed to the localities level by level.

Quanzhou, government office.

At this moment, Yang Zongtai, the prefect of Quanzhou, sighed helplessly, and immediately put down the half-processed official document in his hand.

Ever since Yang Zongtai submitted the official document, he was often worried about it, because he was really not sure about it, and he didn't know whether the court would deal with these officials of the Maritime Trade Department.

Yang Zongtai's original idea was to submit this official document to Tan Lun, the governor of Fujian, and then Tan Lun would come forward to persuade the officials of the Maritime Trade Department.

Unexpectedly, Tan Lun handed over the official document to the cabinet without saying a word. After Yang Zongtai heard the news, he became even more worried.

In recent days, in order to guard against possible revenge, Yang Zongtai has repeatedly told his wife and children not to leave the government office if there is nothing to do.

At this moment, only the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the door, a guard pushed the door in and said excitedly.

"My lord, here are the notices issued by the Ministry of Officials step by step, as well as the orders given to you by the governor!"

When Yang Zongtai heard this, his face was full of disbelief, and he immediately got up from his seat, came to the guard, and asked questions.

"What did you just say, say it again!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The guard had no choice but to repeat what he had said before, and then took advantage of the situation to hand over the notices issued by the official department level by level, as well as the orders from Tan Lun to Yang Zongtai, to Yang Zongtai.

Yang Zongtai took it over and began to browse carefully.

The notice issued by the Ministry of Officials is: "All the personnel involved in the list will be relieved of all their duties from now on, and will be escorted to the capital for trial!"

After Yang Zongtai finished browsing the notice issued by the Ministry of Officials, he couldn't help but feel very surprised, because the list above almost included all the officials of the Maritime Trade Department from Quanzhou.

The order from Tan Lun was much simpler. In the letter, Tan Lun ordered Yang Zongtai to arrest all the people involved in the list and bring them to justice.

Yang Zongtai put the letter in his hand aside, and said to himself silently: "It seems that it's all in one pot!"

Not long after, Yang Zongtai came back to his senses and gave instructions to his subordinates.

"You immediately gather all the servants in the government office, and follow me to the Maritime Trade Department!"

Although the subordinate was a little confused about Yang Zongtai's order, he still responded in a deep voice.

"Yes, my lord!"

The servants in the government office were quickly assembled. After that, without any hesitation, Yang Zongtai immediately took these servants and went straight to the Maritime Trade Department.

When Yang Zongtai came to the Maritime Trade Department with the servants from the government office, it happened that several businessmen came out of the Maritime Trade Department.

"Hey, how do you live these days, you can't make any money, but you still have to pay these exorbitant taxes!"

"Yeah, these guys are really a group of cannibals who don't do anything serious, they just know how to get money from us!"

"Bah, what a bunch of dog officials!"

One of the businessmen just ran into Yang Zongtai and a large number of guards he led as soon as he finished cursing with righteous indignation.

Seeing this situation, the businessman turned pale with fright, and then knelt down on the ground with a 'plop', weeping.

"My lord, you misunderstood, the little one is not talking about you, the little one is just..."

However, Yang Zongtai ignored the businessman and just looked up and down at the Maritime Trade Department in front of him. After a while, he looked away and gave orders to his subordinates in a deep voice.

"Surround this place to me, don't let a single person escape!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After Yang Zongtai's words fell, the officers under his command immediately took orders, drew out their weapons from their waists, and surrounded the Maritime Trade Department heavily.

Seeing this situation, the yamen servant in charge of guarding the safety of the Maritime Trade Department immediately reprimanded him.

"Bold, what are you going to do, this is the Department of Maritime Trade, are you desperate?"

"Take them all for me!"

"Yes!"

With an order, all these yamen servants were controlled by Yang Zongtai's subordinates.

After completely surrounding the entire Maritime Trade Department, Yang Zongtai immediately took the rest of the people into the Maritime Trade Department.

The movement outside naturally cannot be hidden from the officials in the Maritime Trade Department. At first they thought that someone had a dispute outside the Maritime Trade Department and had a quarrel. After all, such things happen from time to time.

Because of this, they didn't take this matter to heart, but sent several guards to inquire about the situation.

When none of the sent guards came back, Xue Bin keenly sensed something was wrong.

After that, Xue Bin turned his gaze to his colleagues around him and said in a deep voice.

"The guards who were sent out to inquire about the news before, why haven't they returned for such a long time, could something have happened?"

The colleagues on the side scoffed at Xue Bin's idea, and responded with disdain: "What can happen, there are no Japanese pirates here, is it possible that there are still people who dare to openly attack the Maritime Trade Department?"

Before the official finished speaking, he saw guards with long knives entering in a file, while Yang Zongtai walked in leisurely with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this situation, an official of the Maritime Trade Department immediately got up from his seat, turned his gaze to Yang Zongtai, and reprimanded him: "Yang Zongtai, what do you mean, trespassing on the Maritime Trade Department is a death penalty!"

Before the official finished speaking, he was interrupted coldly by Yang Zongtai: "Shut up for me, who gave you the courage to talk like this to me!"

Hearing this, the official laughed angrily, looked straight into Yang Zongtai's eyes, and said word by word: "This sentence should be said by me. After all, you are just a small magistrate, but I am an official of the Maritime Trade Department!"

Yang Zongtai heard the words, an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, he looked away, and said unhurriedly: "Since that is the case, don't you adults be curious, why does this official, a small magistrate, dare to treat you like this?"

After Yang Zongtai finished speaking, after looking around, he immediately said to himself: "Because you group of insects are already dying and don't know it!"

"The notice from the Ministry of Officials has come down, it says that all of you will be dismissed, and then escorted to the capital for punishment!"

After the words fell, the officials of the Maritime Trade Department panicked, as if they had received a huge blow, they kept murmuring: "No, this is impossible..."

At this moment, Xue Bin plucked up his courage and asked Yang Zongtai: "Since you said that the notice from the Ministry of Officials has come down, you might as well show it to us!"

Yang Zongtai sneered when he heard the words, then turned around to look at the subordinate beside him, and ordered: "Show it to him!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After Xue Bin received the notice from the Ministry of Officials from that subordinate, he only glanced at it, and he confirmed the authenticity of the notice. It was really a notice from the Ministry of Household Affairs!

After that, Xue Bin seemed to have received a great blow, and fell to the ground weakly, muttering incessantly: "No, this is not true, Your Majesty, I am wronged..."

After looking around, Yang Zongtai did not hide the disgust in his eyes at all, waved his hand suddenly, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Take them all to me!"

"Yes, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)