Now at the moment when the Donglin Party is gathering all the ministers to impeach Wei Zhongxian, the big war between the hardcore Donglin Party and the hardcore eunuch party is about to break out, and they have no time to chat.

Those who are in the mood to chat are mostly neutral ministers, or ministers who are slightly inclined to the eunuch party or the Donglin party.

Because these people, like Wei Bao, do not have a clear Donglin Party hardcore, or a layer of Eunuch Party irons, they will be a little more relaxed, and feel that no matter what happens to the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, it has little to do with them.

"Master Wei, I heard that you are now engaged in a text clearance? A lot of officials have been arrested, when will it end? This text inventory is more scary than the assessment of the Beijing investigation. An official asked Wei Bao.

Wei Bao said with a smile: "This is all Your Majesty's intention, we are also acting on orders, and moreover, Lord Feng Quan and the cabinet are mainly responsible, and our Metropolitan Procuratorate is just a little assisted, you still go and ask Lord Feng about them, right?" ”

Feng Quan heard Wei Bao say this, and he was angry, obviously you came up with the idea of the text clearance, and you led someone to do it, why is it all on my head now?

However, he is still a cabinet minister in the open, but secretly he is already Wei Bao's house slave, and Wei Bao is still holding his arrears in his hand, and he sends people to force debts every day, Feng Quan can't confront Wei Bao face to face.

"Just tell me about it, right? You are so powerful now, and you are a celebrity in front of Your Majesty, what you say carries a lot of weight. Moreover, I have a friend who wants to move a criminal department Langzhong, and he also wants to trouble Master Wei. The official said softly.

Several other officials next to him heard that the man was looking for Wei Bao to run for office, and hurriedly asked if there were any good vacancies now.

These officials who can enter the court naturally do not have to move, but they have to help their relatives and friends to do activities, and even if they can't be promoted, if there is any good position that can be transferred at the same level, they are also very happy.

Wei Bao smiled: "These things can't be said here, if you are interested, you can go to my official hall in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, let's talk slowly." ’

Several officials nodded together and looked at each other with expressions that you understand.

In addition to directly asking about things with clear words, and directly asking about running officials, there are also many people who invite Wei Bao to go to eat and drink.

There are also people who ask Wei Bao if he wants to help him introduce his partner, there are many such people, even more than those who invite Wei Bao to drink.

Wei Bao is very decent, one-to-one, neither agrees, nor hurts other people's face.

His method was that others invited him, but he invited others instead, but he didn't accompany him personally, and let Guo Wenliang, or Fan Datou and others accompany him.

As for the people who introduced him, those girls are all women from official eunuchs, Wei Bao is still young, and his parents are not around, so they don't seal their exits, leaving people with hope.

So much so that there are more and more people who are good friends with Wei Bao, and there are more and more officials who have illusions about Wei Bao.

Even many people who were beaten by Wei Bao during the mourning when Dong Li Niangniang passed away in the palace before now don't care about it.

After a lot of contact, everyone thinks that Wei Bao is a good person, he doesn't seem to have any scheming, and he is quite likable.

Wei Bao has really become a big celebrity now.

A group of ministers chatted with Wei Bao in full swing, and a eunuch came, "Your Majesty has a decree to invite Lord Wei to meet you." ”

When the important ministers heard this, they all looked at the eunuch and Wei Bao silently, originally everyone thought that they had come to pass the decree again and said that they were exempted from the court today, but they didn't expect that it was the emperor's edict Wei Bao to meet him.

So many cabinet ministers here are here, what are you doing to recruit him to meet with a five-grade official?

Wei Bao hurriedly replied: "Wei Bao obeys!" ”

"Master Wei, Your Majesty is waiting, so let me go, right?" The little eunuch said gently.

Wei Bao obediently went out with the little eunuch, and when he got outside, he quickly took out a gold ingot from his pocket, "Father-in-law, please take this little meaning." ”

The father-in-law recognized Wei Bao, "Master Wei, every time you are so polite, how embarrassing are you?" I'll help Your Majesty pass on a message, and I will receive such a big gift from Lord Wei. ”

"It's a little bit of a thing, it's nothing. Father-in-law, what is Your Majesty looking for me? Wei Bao hurriedly asked.

"It's not a big deal, it seems that I asked Master Wei to help read the recital. It is the twenty-four crimes that Yang Lian impeached Wei's father-in-law. The little eunuch said softly.

Yes?

Is this still not a big deal?

When Wei Bao heard this, cold sweat came down.

He knew this matter, as if in history it was a eunuch close to Wei Zhongxian, who reversed black and white, and tampered with all the 24 major crimes of Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, turning them into some inconsequential trivial matters, and let Wei Zhongxian escape the catastrophe.

But what do you do now?

Wei Bao realized that this might be a great opportunity to bring down Wei Zhongxian!

But can Wei Zhongxian really be brought down because of this incident?

After defeating Wei Zhongxian, can he get out of the palace alive?

Wei Bao's mind was racing.

In order to consolidate his personal power, Wei Zhongxian inevitably had the evil side of the party's unity and dissent, cruelty and viciousness, but from the fact that he once resisted public opinion and boldly used Xiong Tingbi, who was slandered after the defeat of Liaoyang, and put aside his personal grudges and recommended Zhao Nanxing, Sun Chengzong and a group of capable ministers and direct ministers, it can be seen that he still cares about the Ming Dynasty.

During Wei Zhongxian's administration, the domestic situation was not good, so it could be regarded as passable.

The situation in Liaodong is also quite stable, not to mention what Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong are so powerful, a country, no matter when it is healthy or not, it depends on how the people at the top are in charge, it is impossible for the people below to take great credit, this should still be recognized and affirmed.

Even, in Wei Bao's opinion, although Wei Zhongxian was bad, he supported half of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Zhongxian is not an evil person recorded in the history books.

The Ming Dynasty perished at the hands of Chongzhen, and the first thing Chongzhen did after coming to power was to kill Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian was dead, why did the Ming Dynasty still perish.

The Ming Dynasty ostensibly died in exile, but in the final analysis, it died in the Donglin Party, a group of civilian officials.

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse was there, there was only one famous civil uprising, and that was the one in Suzhou.

And in the later period of Emperor Chongzhen, it was not called a change in the people, it was a rebellion, there were too many famous people, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, what is the king, the general, the collapse of the sky, there are no surprises.

Why was it that when Emperor Tianqi was alive, Wei Zhongxian was so chaotic, but the common people did not rebel, but after Chongzhen came to power, so many people rebelled.

Emperor Tianqi loves carpentry and ignores the government, but Chongzhen is not greedy for money, not lustful, works more than ten hours a day, and has patches on his clothes.

It can only be said that although Wei Zhongxian is greedy, he still does things.

During the Wanli Dynasty, industry and commerce developed rapidly, and the so-called germ of capitalism appeared at that time, and one of the policies of Wei Zhongxian was to collect industrial and commercial taxes, and to vigorously collect industrial and commercial taxes.

Because the country had no money, the gang of Houjin in Liaodong was making a lot of noise at that time.

The border defense and the army are asking for money, and Wei Zhongxian, no matter what, got some money, so that the money for the border defense can be maintained for the time being, at least there is no chaos.

Moreover, at the time of the apocalypse, the money in the treasury was gradually increasing.

And after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party came to power.

For the sake of their own interests, the Donglin Party did not allow the emperor to collect industrial and commercial taxes, and whenever the emperor said that there was no money to collect, they would say things like "how can the imperial court compete with the people for profit".

During the time of Emperor Tianqi, Jiangnan alone had 200,000 taels of tea tax in the account, and when Emperor Chongzhen did, he couldn't even collect 100,000 taels.

Where did the money come from for the war without levying industrial and commercial taxes, this tax was counted on the heads of the peasants, and the Donglin Party also abolished the mining tax.

The so-called coal bosses do not pay taxes, capitalists do not pay taxes, and the bitter haha who guards one acre and three points of land every year has raised taxes year after year, and the Donglin Party has also canceled post houses in various places, which has caused many people to lose their jobs, including a person named Li Zicheng.

Therefore, there was a popular uprising in Suzhou, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but there was no poor place in Shaanxi, because there were many capitalists in Suzhou, and Wei Zhongxian's policies had violated their interests.

As far as Wei Zhongxian dared to offend the interests of the gentry, Wei Bao had to stand firmly against Wei Zhongxian!

In addition, for the sake of his own safety, he has to stand on Wei Zhongxian, and there is almost no need to contradict him.

It's a good account.

In Shaanxi, Wei Zhongxian did not raise taxes on those peasants.

Whoever has food to eat will rebel.

If Chongzhen encountered the Xiaoice River period, which dynasty and generation did not have disasters.

The natural disaster in the hands of Zhu Youxiao is as serious, Xiaoice River Ji started from Wanli's hands, why no one rebelled when the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and there were so many people who rebelled when it came to Emperor Chongzhen.

During the Xiaoice River period, agricultural production was greatly reduced, why did the imperial court still raise taxes on the peasants, but did not collect taxes from the gentry and large households.

There is a tax to be collected for farming, so why don't you pay taxes when you open a mine, and why you don't pay taxes when you do business.

said that the Donglin Party was honest, never compromised, and loyal to the country, in Wei Bao's view, should be cut by a thousand knives.

If the Donglin Party is really honest, when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, why did Qian Qianyi's family even the people of the Manchurian people be dumbfounded.

If you are loyal to the country, Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin, simply surrendered, and Qian Qianyi is not a special case, it is a common phenomenon, representing more than ninety percent of Donglin people.

The Donglin Party never compromised, let alone said, it was because of their uncompromising that the Ming Dynasty lost the last straw.

Yang Sichang said that if you go outside, you must first settle inside, negotiate with Houjin first, and do your best to exterminate the Liukou, and then a group of Donglin Party said that the Heavenly Dynasty can yield to barbarians and something like that, and the Ming Dynasty is not the Donglin Party who has lost it.

When Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen hit the bell, and none of the civil and military officials were seen, and the only person who accompanied Emperor Chongzhen was only Wang Chengen, and why.

On March 14, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, that is, the fifth day before Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, Chongzhen was in despair that the general trend had gone and the building was about to collapse, and after hearing the eunuch Cao Huachun say that "if the loyal and virtuous are there, the current affairs will not come to this", he finally understood the deep meaning of the Emperor of the Apocalypse before his death, emphasizing that Wei Zhongxian "is cautious and loyal, and can calculate great things".

While Zhu Youzhen woke up, Chongzhen, who was powerless to return to the sky, completely collapsed mentally.

The burial of Wei Zhongxian's remains is not only his reaffirmation of Wei Zhongxian's value and merits, but also Zhu Youzhen's complete denial of his 17-year ruling career.

Chongzhen said before his death that I am not the king of the dead country, but the minister is the minister of the dead country, this sentence cannot be said to be all right, in Wei Bao's opinion, at least it can be said that most of it is right.

When Wei Zhongxian was there, the Guanning defense line was formed, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, and Zu Dashou were entrusted with reuse, and after Wei Zhongxian's death, Yuan Chonghuan was killed.

Although Wei Zhongxian is now driving Sun Chengzong out of power, no matter what, Wei Zhongxian still has reservations about those who have the ability, Wei Zhongxian has always played tricks at the political level, and it cannot be said that it is dark.

Sun Chengzong can still get up after he goes down, didn't Chongzhen come back for a short time after he came to power, he really couldn't get along with Chongzhen, and he went down again.

And after Wei Zhongxian's death, the officials who went down in Chongzhen's hands couldn't get up.

While walking, he thought that when he arrived at the gate of the palace, Wei Bao had already made up his mind completely.

A group of eunuch diehards and Donglin diehards saw that the emperor summoned Wei Bao, and they all talked about it, not knowing what was going on.

However, most people guessed that it must be related to Wei Zhongxian and Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Xiong Tingbi and others.

Everyone is paying close attention to the biggest thing in the Ming Dynasty now, and this matter will directly affect the pattern of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

The Donglin Party expects to turn defeat into victory and suppress Wei Zhongxian again, as long as Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others can be okay, Wei Zhongxian will not dare to be arrogant anymore.

And the diehards of the eunuch party are looking forward to killing Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others immediately, in that case, it will greatly deter the Donglin Party in the world, and it is difficult for a decent person to take the lead against Gonggong Wei.

After all, Yang Lian is a hero who played an important role when the Emperor of the Apocalypse ascended the throne, Yang Lian does not die, and the Donglin Party has a big banner.

Therefore, after Wei Bao sent people to connect last night, today the Donglin Party once again accumulated strength to fight the eunuch party.

If it weren't for Wei Bao's role in secret, the die-hard Donglin Party ministers who were guarded by Dongchang and Jinyiwei would not have such great ability.

"Your Majesty, Weichen Wei Bao greets Your Majesty." Fifteen-year-old Wei Bao, the minister of the fifth grade, the jade tree is in the wind, and his face is full of red light, and he looks festive when he looks at it.

Kebaba peeked at Wei Bao behind the curtain, secretly worried about Wei Zhongxian.

Kebaba originally wanted to say a few words to Wei Bao before Wei Bao met His Majesty, she had this kind of power, but after thinking about it, she still dispelled this thought.

Because Kebaba knew that no matter what she said, if Wei Bao insisted on putting Wei Zhongxian to death, he would also change his rhetoric in front of the emperor.

If Wei Zhongxian falls, her life will definitely not be easy, and she and Wei Zhongxian are tied together.

Therefore, Kebaba even secretly summoned dozens of armed eunuchs to stand by the emperor's bedroom, if Wei Bao helped Yang Lian to impeach Wei Zhongxian, and the emperor wanted to put Wei Zhongxian in prison, she would use force to control the emperor's bedroom first.

Although he didn't dare to do anything to the emperor, it was still okay to kill Wei Bao and the eunuch who passed the decree, and take the time to persuade the emperor again.

In the palace, except for the emperor, Kebaba and Wei Zhongxian can really say that they can kill whoever they want, including the queen!

It's just that Zhu You has always been very good to the queen, and they don't dare to act rashly.

Kebaba was worried, but Wei Zhongxian was not worried, and he was so scared that he sweated profusely.

Wei Bao knelt and glanced at Wei Zhongxian, who was also kneeling, he hadn't seen Wei Zhongxian's dead dog appearance, where was this still a nine-thousand-year-old with an arrogant temperament?

"Wei Aiqing, you came just in time, you can read this transcript to me." Zhu Youxiao leaned on the dragon chair and said.

"Wechen obeys." Wei Bao Road.

"Flatten, read it standing up." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen." Wei Bao hurriedly got up, it was really uncomfortable to kneel, and he didn't know how long the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong had been kneeling, hehe.

Zhu Youxiao is literate, but he doesn't have much literacy, but Zhu Youxiao writes well, which is a very strange place.

It may have something to do with Zhu Youxiao's liking to do carpentry work, at least the calligraphy can be neat, and the words written are strong and strong.

But in a book of thousands of words, Zhu Youxiao really doesn't recognize more than half of the words, and he doesn't like to read dense words.

Wei Bao took the book from the eunuch's hand, and when he looked at the cover, it was indeed the book of the twenty-four sins of Yang Lian's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, this famous book in history, it would be his turn to read it for Zhu Youxiao, Wei Bao felt that it was really funny, it was really a trick.

"Article 1, Counsellor Wei Gonggong is impeached for abusing his power and instructing the Household Department to approve 200 taels of silver for the purchase of ordnance from the East Factory, Article 2, Counsellor Wei Father-in-law is impeached for abusing his power and instructing the Household Department to approve 100 taels of silver for repairing the fence of Madame Fengsheng's mansion, and Article 3, Counsellor Wei Father-in-law is impeached for buying five beautiful maids beyond the specifications and taking possession of their chastity. Fourth, impeach Wei Gonggong for riding a sedan chair that exceeded the specifications. Fifth, impeach Wei's father-in-law for eating beef. Sixth, the impeachment of the Wei Gonggong Mansion is too large. Seventh, impeachment of Father-in-law Wei privately brought several beautiful palace maids out of the palace. Article 8, impeachment of Wei's father-in-law for unauthorized approval of the return of his cronies to his hometown, originally said that he would go back to play for ten days, but he actually went back to play for 20 days and did not return. Article 9 ...... "Wei Bao reads the Tao in a serious way."

As Wei Bao 'read' Yang Lian's twenty-four crimes, the palace maids and eunuchs all heard that Wei Bao was tampering with indiscriminately, and they all held back their laughter.

The guest behind the curtain also covered his mouth, and his heart was overjoyed.

Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground and was overjoyed, he didn't expect Wei Bao to defend himself so much, and his mood was much more relaxed.

"Enough is enough, I know it all." When Wei Bao read Article 18, Zhu Youxiao was really impatient and interrupted Wei Bao, "Wei Aiqing, you read it very well, I know it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Bao breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that this should be okay, right? I hope the emperor won't find someone to read it again, right?

Special old Wei, I, Wei Bao, can only help you get here, and where to go depends on your own creation.

However, in history, Wei Zhongxian was in power until Zhu Youxiao's death.

According to Wei Bao's observation of history during this time, the butterfly effect of his rebirth is minimal, and it cannot change history at all, and history will probably go this way.

Therefore, only by following the trend of history and going with history, rather than going against history, is the way to maximize benefits for Weibao.

It's the right way.

"It's all such trivial things, it seems that there are indeed a lot of people who want to harm Father-in-law Wei." Zhu Youxiao said gently: "Father-in-law Wei, it seems that I was strict with you just now. But you are also yes, you hold great power, and it is easy to attract envy, so you should be more cautious in doing things, and don't instruct the household department casually. Also, do you even have to wrestle your hands on the holidays when your subordinates return to their hometowns? You're too wide, aren't you? No wonder others can't get used to it, don't do it in the future. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly kowtowed, "Your Majesty's teachings, the old slave has written them down, and it is the fault of the old slave." ”

"Also, you are a rootless person, a minister, what are you doing with so many women? Did you play? Zhu Youxiao said, even he laughed.

The eunuchs and palace maids all forced their laughter and trembled slightly.

Kebaba also laughed.

Wei Bao didn't have to endure it, knowing that the emperor said so, this matter would be fine, and smiled slightly.

Wei Zhongxian said embarrassedly: "The old slave didn't want to do anything, just when he was lonely late at night, he found someone to talk to." ”

Zhu Youxiao snorted, "Regarding Yang Lianzuo Guangdou's matter, by the way, and Xiong Tingbi, you still have to be cautious, don't argue with the ministers every day, and make the court a miasma, this is very bad, you know?" ”

"Yes, the old slave must do a good job." Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said.

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then said, "Wei Aiqing is very capable, you can discuss with Wei Aiqing if you have something!" ”

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