Chapter 255: Charity Gala

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On April 28, the charity awards party held by Zhu Youxiao was held at the Imperial Academy of Arts.

Zhu Youxiao invited to participate in the charity gala, in addition to the ministers of the imperial court, and then the members of the Imperial Exchange. It has been more than half a year since the establishment of the Imperial Community Chest, but there are very few donors, Mao Yaoli donated 50,000 taels of silver dollars to rank first, salt merchant giant Jiang Yan ranked second, he donated 5,000 taels of silver dollars, Wang Xin donated 1,000 taels of silver to rank third, and most of the rest ranged from 1,200 taels to dozens of taels.

But this does not mean that people in the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to participate in charitable activities, in fact, there were still many people who were willing to engage in charity, but there was a difference between the government and the private government, and the private charity was generally only carried out locally in the disaster year. In fact, philanthropy in China's history has been a process from private to government-run.

In order to make this ticket businessman pay for it, the process of the charity gala can be much richer than the Apocalypse Award, and the entire program of the gala is performed by the Imperial Art Troupe, and the program is mainly excerpts. The host is also the pillar of the Imperial Art Troupe.

Charity awards are placed in the penultimate process. Only the top three will be awarded this time, and the third place will be awarded the bronze Charity Medal from the Empire, and at the same time, it will be awarded to the Sanshi Saro from the ninth rank; The second place winner will receive a silver charity medal from the Empire, as well as a loose rank from the seventh rank; The first place winner receives a gold Order of Charity from the Empire, as well as a baronial title of third class.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the titles of sons and barons of the previous dynasty, and only set up the titles of duke, marquis, and uncle, and according to the iron coupons, these three ranks can be subdivided into seven classes, that is, first-class dukes, second-class dukes, first-class marquis, second-class marquis, third-class marquis, first-class uncles, and second-class uncles. In order to award and award medals in the future, Zhu Youxiao subdivided the title again, and divided each rank into three levels in the five titles of duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male.

The first to receive the award was Wang Xin, who won the third place, and the person who presented the award was Li Qiyuan, the second assistant of the cabinet. This award is very simple, one side of the two sides will give out the award, the other side will accept the award, and then Li Qiyuan will encourage a few words and it will be over. The second person to receive the award was Jiang Yan, and the person who presented the award was Han Yi, the first assistant of the cabinet, but the process was similar, and the last one was to award the first place, this time it was awarded by Zhu Youxiao himself.

"I hope to keep up the good work." Zhu Youxiao smiled and encouraged.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! The grass people will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations. Mao Yaoli said happily. He didn't expect that this donation of 50,000 taels would allow him to gain the title of a baron.

"A few words for all of you." After presenting the award, Zhu Youxiao said.

"This ...... This ......," Mao Yaoli stammered, "grass people...... The minister was not prepared. ”

"It's okay, you can say whatever you want, even if it's a sentence or two." Zhu Youxiao encouraged.

"Okay then." Regarding Zhu Youxiao's request, Mao Yaoli said helplessly.

Mao Yaoli thought for a while, took a long breath and said, "Minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty! Doing good deeds and accumulating virtue is what my generation should do, and it is really deserved for this title, and the minister can only do more good deeds in the future to repay His Majesty's favor to the minister. Thank you! ”

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After the awards were awarded, the charity gala entered the final process.

"This is the final process of today's charity gala, auctioning the mansions of the four kings of Su, Qing, Han, and Fu, as well as the fields that belong to them. Next, please invite the host of this auction, Tai Comber Zhang Guoji. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Today, His Majesty asked the minister to preside over today's auction, in fact, the minister was unwilling, but the holy order was difficult to disobey, and the minister had to come to the stage to preside over this auction." Zhang Guoji said with a smile.

Zhang Guoji finished with a smile, and then said, "Why is the minister unwilling to preside over this auction?" Because His Majesty said that the mansions of the four anti-kings in this auction will allow the acquirers to live on their own, and there will be no problem of extravagance, the minister also wants to participate in this auction, and asks His Majesty to allow it. ”

"Of course you can, but I have a request, I only accept grain in this auction, and I must transport the grain to Shaanxi to complete the transaction." Zhu Youxiao said.

Zhu Youxiao's request immediately caused an uproar, and now in the entire empire, especially in the northern provinces, grain is hard currency, even more popular than silver.

"Please be quiet, now the auction has officially begun." Seeing this, Zhang Guoji said loudly, "The first auction is King Su's palace, with a low price of 100,000 stones, and each increase is not less than 5,000 stones. ”

"110,000 stones." Wang Xin was the first to ask for the price.

"115,000 stones." Jin merchant Shen Jiang shouted.