Beside Yu Dawei, his cousin Chen Yinke smiled and said, "Cousin, it seems that you are tempted." ”

Wang Maoru looked at this tall and thin young man who was not good-looking, and Chen Lisan, a famous man in the Republic of China, said: "This is the youngest son Yin Ke, who is now studying Dongfang Gu at Berlin University. ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Go to the West to spend the Oriental Ancients? ”

Chen Yinke said: "Generalissimo, don't you know that there is a poem called not knowing the true face of Lushan, only because you are in this mountain?" Learning about China in China is certainly one way, but it is also a kind of cultural progress to break out of the traditional fixed thinking and look at the oriental culture from another perspective. ”

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "Articulate, quick thinking, yes, young people, there will be development in the future." ”

"Thank you Generalissimo for the compliment." Chen Yinke said.

"What's wrong with him?" Suddenly, someone looked at the door and whispered.

"He's here, too."

"Hmph, liar!"

"Shhhh

Wang Maoru and the others also looked over, and an old man with a thin and pointed face and monkey cheeks wore a suit and walked in with the support of a beautiful girl.

"This is ......" Wang Maoru really doesn't know this person, why does everyone react so much.

Chen Lisan smiled bitterly: "This person is Kang Youwei." ”

"Huh? Is he Kang Youwei? Wang Maoru was surprised, but was there another aspect of his surprise, that is, it was all 1923, and Kang Youwei was still alive? Not dead yet? He's lived a long life.

Kang Youwei seems to be a person with mixed reputations, and is despised by many people here, because he cheated overseas Chinese all over the world out of money.

At the beginning, he claimed to raise money overseas for the reform of the law, and all overseas Chinese donated money, and he took these funds into his own private pocket. They even set up companies to intercept overseas Chinese aid to China. So much so that Sun Liwen's overseas fundraising for revolution was also boycotted by overseas Chinese. Sun Liwen begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother to raise revolutionary funds all over the world, but he couldn't raise much, and I have to say that Kang Youwei played a very important role in secretly blocking it. Therefore, many of the people present did not welcome the arrival of Duokang Youwei. even rejected, and Kang Youwei's disciple Liang Qichao had already severed the master-apprentice relationship with him, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw his arrival.

However, although Kang You's character is disgraced by some people, especially overseas Chinese, his business vision is very unique, and he uses the millions of dollars raised by Chinese people all over the world to raise money for China to buy land all over the world. And every investment has paid off handsomely. It can be said that many of the people here today are worth less than even one percent of Kang Youwei's wealth.

Kang Youwei entered this charity banquet as a non-governmental person, and the qualification for non-governmental to enter this dinner is to donate a total of 20,000 silver dollars. Except for those who have not accumulated an amount of 20,000 silver dollars, there is another way, that is, to donate auction items, and individuals can enter with the donated auction items. I don't know what Kang Youwei took out, it must have been much more than 20,000 oceans.

The noisy banquet scene became a place for the elites of the gentry of the Republic of China to gather. The waiter put a simple red or white wine and snacks on each table, of course, the purpose of this day is not to drink, but for charity, so few people actually go to drink. Most of the people are also holding red wine and being pretended, but there is one person who eats indecently, that is, Gu Hongming, a madman from Peking University. This old man is old, and he has always been known for his arrogance. The ability to make others speechless, but no one cares. Gu Hongming's people sitting next to him are also people who like Chinese culture, so no one cares about him. However, at the next table were Hu Shi, Cai Yuanpei and other advocates of new culture, and when they saw Gu Hongming like this, they sighed and were very helpless.

"Everyone, please be quiet." The music stopped, and Yuan Kewen, one of the four sons of the Republic of China, came to the stage at this time, and Gu Weijun, the eloquent vice minister of foreign affairs, served as the temporary opening host of the auction. Hearing him speak, everyone fell silent.

Gu Weijun said: "Everyone. The purpose of this charity auction dinner is only one, to make a modest contribution to the great cause of the Chinese people in fighting the epidemic, and to make their own contribution to the Chinese people to get rid of the plague as soon as possible. All here are philanthropists, merchants, gentry. The elites of society have a sense of mission to shoulder the responsibility for the rise of China. That's why we're all together, and we're here for this charity auction. There are newspaper reporters here, please supervise the newspaper reporters, please supervise the public opinion, and the reporters can check the use of the money from the auction at any time. Okay, I won't say anything superfluous, now the auction has officially begun, and the auctioneer is invited. ”

As soon as the auctioneer came out, everyone was startled, it turned out that the auctioneer was none other than the former prince of the dynasty, Aixin Jueluo, who had a huge influence in the whole of China. Zaifeng. This Zaifeng can't govern the country, but when it comes to antique appreciation, there is no one else among the children of the Eight Banners, and now Zaifeng is only forty years old, he lost his braids as early as the Xinhai Revolution, put on a suit, and opposed the restoration of Yiqiē. In fact, many of Zaifeng's friends don't know that it is President Sun Liwen and Sun Da, who made several revolutions and finally leveraged the levers of the revolution, and this is also the reason why Zaifeng received a lot of protection from Sun Liwen after the Xinhai Revolution.

Originally, he pursued a plain life, but when Wang Maoru was discussing the auctioneer with others, he couldn't choose the right and left thoughts, but Shi Shaoyang reminded that the best appraisal of antiques in China is not others, it is those Eight Banners who have little ability, they grew up in rich and noble families, it can be said that they grew up watching antiques, and only they understand the authenticity and value. Then he recommended Zaifeng, and Zaifeng was not ready to accept it, but in the face of the menacing epidemic, Zaifeng, who had lived a secluded life without going out of the mountain for many years, was finally willing to go out of the mountain.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Zaifeng didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "This first auction item is not an antique. ”

"Oh? Not an antique? The crowd chattered.

Zaifeng said: "This first auction item was presented by the Generalissimo Shangwu, this is his set of military uniforms, do you remember that there is a movie "Shangwu Military Parade"? The entire set of military uniforms is the same military uniform worn by Generalissimo Shangwu in the documentary seven years ago, and since this is a charity auction, all charity sales are sold at zero auction prices, and now please bid freely and be recorded by the documentary. "Zaifeng is not as unbearable as in history, he knows the advance and retreat very well in many cases, understands the general trend, if it were not for the fact that the Manchu Empire really has no talents, he would not be the last regent with a cowardly personality, signing the abdication agreement on behalf of the Qing court.

After Zaifeng finished speaking, many people started to talk about it, this is a bit interesting, the auction items can not only be antiques, but even a military uniform of the generalissimo Shangwu can also be.

At this time, Wang Maoru stood up, arched his hand to the surroundings and said: "Please forgive the contemptible person for a reluctant request, this military uniform has a special meaning for the contemptible people, the contemptible people from a border guard brigade commander, gradually became the minister of defense, this dress has been worn for seven years, in fact, what you don't see is that there are patches on the sleeves, which are really caused by wear and tear." The contemptible dress is really ridiculous, so the contemptible invitation is that he is willing to auction it back, and the amount of the auction will be used as charity fundraising. Please also raise your noble hands, raise your noble hands, and let me take the lead and open a lottery. ”

The crowd began to talk about it, and they thought that the trade of the generalissimo Shangwu was really interesting, and then they donated money to the victims for this reason.

"Generalissimo, don't worry, I won't fight with you." Tianjin philanthropist, Yong Jianqiu, who was once arrested by Dai Chunfeng, said that since he was arrested once by the Investigation Department, this Yong Jianqiu has become more and more honest.

At this time, Liu Wencai, a gentry from the Liu family in Sichuan, stood up and said: "Generalissimo, the so-called charity auction is naturally won by the one with the highest price, please forgive me for not accepting it." I have been waiting for a long time to admire the style of the generalissimo, and I have never had the opportunity to see the true face of your Lushan, if I can't get this military uniform this time, the younger brother is going back to Sichuan to see the people of Chuankang without a face. Several big Sichuan businessmen around him immediately supported him.

Wang Maoru looked at this young man, but he was a little embarrassed, and the person sitting next to him was Liu Xiang, the chief of the guards, and said in Wang Maoru's ear: "This person is my clan uncle Liu Wencai, and he is one of the representatives of the gentry of my Sichuan. ”

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