Now only Wei Zhongxian opposes Wei Bao, or at the highest level, only Wei Zhongxian is clearly opposed to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao could probably guess what Wei Zhongxian thought, but he was afraid that he would become bigger and bigger.

Wei Bao was holding a cigarette at this time, lying on the bed, looking at the roof, secretly thinking, it seemed that it was difficult to follow the trend and develop under Wei Zhongxian.

Originally, Wei Bao did not have the intention of bringing down Wei Zhongxian, because before the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian was as stable as Mount Tai.

Wei Bao is a person who knows the historical process, and now there is at least a year and a half before the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which is not a short time.

During this period of time, he must not be able to fight Wei Zhongxian, and it must be no good to fight Wei Zhongxian.

This is very embarrassing, there is no benefit in not fighting, and there is no benefit in fighting, and it is a complete dilemma.

The next day, just when Wei Zhongxian's eunuch backbone was thinking about how to further rectify Wei Bao.

Wei Bao did something that shocked the entire government and the opposition.

Lord Wei said that he was ill and asked to resign from all official positions and return to his hometown to live.

It is common for officials to take the initiative to return to their hometowns, which is not unusual, but it is strange that there is no official who returns to his hometown without his dead parents and in good health.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have many preferential conditions and great face, which is still very attractive.

Besides, even if you are tired of officialdom, there is no one who is fifteen years old and has only been in the official career for less than a year before returning to his hometown, right?

Besides, he is not an ordinary official, a dignified and upright three-grade officer, presiding over the work of the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong, and the director of the Jiliao Governor's Office! Holding the Shanhaiguan Pass, he directly controls 50,000 elite border troops.

What a great minister!

And he has just been made a marquis, what an honor.

The life that ordinary people dream of, Wei Bao has been at the peak of his career for less than a year.

When the news of Wei Bao's resignation came out, everyone was shocked, and they didn't know if the emperor and Wei Zhongxian wanted to rectify Wei Bao, because there were really many people who had a relationship with Wei Bao.

Only Wei Bao's father-in-law, Zhang Weixian, the British public, is very calm, Zhang Weixian also admires his young son-in-law very much, and thinks that Wei Bao is indeed an extraordinary talent, and he would actually think of such a move as retreat as advance.

The trick of resigning requires a lot of courage, who is willing to resign from the hard-won high-ranking officials? Are you willing to easily abandon the glory and wealth?

On the other hand, as soon as Wei Bao resigned, all the attacks of Wei Zhongxian's party members would come to naught, and there was no way to start.

Wei Bao promoted many officials in Jingshi and Beizhili, most of whom were minor officials below the fifth grade, and they were all officials in the main affairs of various yamen.

There are both eunuchs and Donglin parties, and most of them are neutral officials.

said that Wei Bao has no power, Wei Bao does not have any power, at least in the officialdom, Wei Bao likes to entertain, but rarely contacts officials in private, it is Li Chengnei and Wu Sanfu and others who come forward to contact.

So it can't be said that the Webbora gang is a faction.

But if you want to say that Wei Bao has no power, in the officialdom, the people who are promoted, the people who lead the way, that is the relationship between the lords, and Wei Bao is at least the lord of tens of thousands of officials!

With such a huge number of officials, if someone rectifies Wei Bao, it will implicate an extremely large number of people, and most of the officials involved are low-level officials, which is really likely to paralyze the huge administrative machine of the Ming Dynasty in an instant.

There is another point that Wei Bao did not expect.

Originally, according to reason, there were many people who opposed the opening of treaty ports and the opening of maritime trade, but no, it seemed that the wind had changed because of Wei Zhongxian's opposition.

After all, the eunuch clique is still a minority in the Ming officialdom, but they temporarily hold the power.

The eunuch clique has no good impression among the people of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, what the eunuch group opposes, the Donglin Party and the centrist ministers are inclined to support, at least will not oppose it.

Among them, the most embarrassing are Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji, the three of them are obviously eunuchs, but now they are in a very embarrassing situation because they took the lead to replace Wei Bao to the emperor on opening up treaty ports, opening up sea trade, and reorganizing and merging all the sailors of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the notebook had already been handed over, and now that Wei Zhongxian had gathered people to deal with Wei Bao, they didn't know what to do.

If they impeach Wei Bao together, it is equivalent to impeaching themselves, and if Wei Bao is not impeached, they are the leaders of the eunuch party, what should they do?

However, Wei Bao's resignation book gave inspiration to the three people, and they also followed suit.

This has caused a very lively trend.

Wei Zhongxian's eunuch clique did not blatantly impeach Wei Bao, but explained the harm of the new policy of opening up treaty ports and opening up maritime trade from all angles.

If someone opposes it, there should be support.

There are not many people in the Donglin Party who support it, because few people like to open the sea.

The neutrals seldom participated in the struggle, especially if they did not dare to fight against the eunuch clique, and no one would get into trouble, otherwise they would not be called neutrals.

In this way, it should have been a one-sided thing, but because many officials promoted by Wei Bao have joined the army of resignations, it seems that Wei Bao's side is very strong.

These people also supported the opening of the sea and the reorganization and merger of the Daming Water Division, so they resigned and didn't talk about anything else, but everyone knew that this was because of the situation that Wei Bao was rectified.

"Li Yuanzhong, has Your Majesty talked about Wei Bao in private, has you talked about Wei Bao's resignation, and Wei Bao's advocacy of the New Deal?" Kebaba asked.

Li Yuanzhong is the latest attendant eunuch by the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and Kebaba is overnodding.

The reason why Li Yuanzhong was able to climb so fast in the palace was because of Wei Bao's political resources, mainly because Li Yuanzhong had some means, not only to please the hospital, but also to welcome Wei Zhongxian, and to survive among the various factions in the palace.

"Your Majesty didn't say it, but Your Majesty should want to support Lord Wei's idea, but because of the factory, he hesitated." Li Yuan said truthfully: "According to the slaves, Your Majesty will never approve Lord Wei's resignation and retirement. His Majesty attaches great importance to Lord Wei's talents, and also likes Lord Wei very much, thinking that Lord Wei is a first-class talent in the Ming Dynasty and a prodigy. ”

Ke Baba nodded, about Wei Bao's matter, Ke Baba and Wei Zhongxian were also a little unhappy, and the two sides had differences.

"I also see it this way, when you have the opportunity, say a word to Lord Wei, just say let him withdraw his resignation and just walk away, if he insists on resigning, it will chill His Majesty's heart." Kebaba Road.

"Madame, don't worry, when the slave maid has the opportunity, she will definitely bring the words to Lord Wei for Madame." Li Yuanzhong hurriedly said.

Kebaba nodded, "You can't let anyone know about this, you have to see the right time." ”

The reason why Kebaba said this was because on the one hand, she knew that Zhu Youxiao liked Wei Bao, and she herself liked Wei Bao, and on the other hand, she was worried that Wei Bao would anger the Son of Heaven and fall out of favor from then on.

The palace is full of human spirits, and Li Yuanzhong immediately grasped Kebaba's intention to secretly support Wei Bao.

In the past two days, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse has not been in a good mood, he is not a diligent emperor, especially he does not like to deal with things that are difficult to decide, and now Wei Bao wants to resign, which makes Zhu Youxiao even more annoyed.

Wei Bao was an official he had just decreed to be promoted, and he made an exception to reward the title of marquis, which was almost a very popular minister.

And the time interval is so short, one by one, the ministers who have just gained the fame and fortune of officialdom will resign when they say that they will resign, how will the people think of this matter?

Will it cause the people of the Ming Dynasty to speculate unreasonably about the Ming court and him, the person who is the emperor?

Wei Bao just made a suggestion, but before it was tried, it had already messed up the Ming Dynasty.

After Wei Zhongxian knew that Wei Bao and a large number of officials had resigned, he was even more angry, feeling that Wei Bao was openly arguing with himself!

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian once again invited the backbone of the eunuch party to discuss what to do.

"Chitose, since Wei Bao himself proposed to resign, this is a good opportunity, Chitose managed to fulfill this guy, forget it." Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing said.

The backbone of the eunuch party nodded one after another, saying that this method was good.

Wei Zhongxian sighed, "You are all saying useless things, it has always been easy to get rid of Wei Bao, and now people want to resign themselves, and then chase after them, what can others say except that we are useless and can't tolerate people?" Moreover, those border soldiers knew that they could have gotten the silver, but because they drove Wei Bao away, they couldn't get anything, so they could only further elevate Wei Bao's status in the military circles. ”

"Chitose, what Wei Bao can do, we can also do, if we open up a treaty port, reorganize and merge all the sailors of the Ming Dynasty can get silver, why do we need Wei Bao to do it? It's better for us to send someone to do it ourselves. Cui Chengxiu, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, planned and planned.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said: "It's not easy to say, our family has already rejected these two items in front of Your Majesty, and now that our family supports it again, what will Your Majesty think?" And, which of you has what it takes to preside over this? Which of you has the ability to take out nine million taels of silver at once? ”

"You can borrow silver from the big households first, we can contract it out and give it to people who have the ability to do it, the governor of Haiphong Yamen, how many people are red-eyed, I don't believe that only Wei Bao has the ability to make silver in the Ming Dynasty, and others can't." I guess if Wei Bao did it, he might do the same, otherwise why did Wei Bao keep emphasizing that he didn't want to be the governor of Haiphong. But wasn't it he Wei Bao who proposed to Chitose to set up the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong in the first place? He Wei Bao doesn't look young, he is very calculating, and every step is thought out. Cui Chengxiu said.

Tian Ergeng also agreed with Cui Chengxiu's point of view: "Chitose, what Master Cui said is good, Wei Bao is indeed a master who takes one step and sees three steps, we can't be led by Wei Bao's nose, he wants to resign, let's just push him, I still don't believe it, Daming can't play without him Wei Bao?" Originally, he Wei Bao was just a person who had been in the official career for less than a year, and we have been in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, haven't we all come over, will we not leave without Wei Bao in the future? ”

Wei Zhongxian was a little moved by what his subordinates said, and said, "Anyway, it's definitely not appropriate for us to come out and get Wei Bao again!" Wei Bao resigned, this should be a matter for the cabinet, and he should be asked to do it! But our family doesn't know what Gu Bingqian, the first assistant, thinks now, he was on Wei Bao's side to speak before, and Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei also stood on Wei Bao's side. ”

The abolition of the prime minister by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did strengthen the imperial power.

But it also brought a lot of work to the emperor, as the so-called "internal and external departments are all up to the top", so that the operation of the entire empire depends on the emperor alone.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a typical "model worker", although he is a little cold and harsh, but for governing the country, it can be described as a conservative business. In his 17 years in Hongwu, he handled 3,291 major events in eight days, with an average of more than 400 cases per day, and he was indeed worthy of the title of model worker.

But Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding monarch of the country, seems to have overlooked some things.

The daily workload of the emperor was set according to his diligent work attitude in government affairs, his ability to manage government, and his own will and character.

Although his descendants will also be surnamed Zhu in the future, this ability and character cannot be inherited.

History shows that the more a dynasty reaches the end, the emperors who grow up in the deep palace are often somewhat degenerate.

And after the abolition of the prime minister, the imperial power was supreme.

If the monarch is incompetent and neglectful, it is difficult for a force to correct it.

Therefore, although Ming Taizu strictly forbade eunuchs to interfere in politics.

However, the rise of the eunuch power of the Ming Dynasty was precisely in the Hongwu Dynasty.

After the death of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, a well-educated Confucian monarch, ascended the throne.

He is gentle and elegant, and has the appearance of a benevolent gentleman.

Therefore, his attitude towards eunuchs is also the same as that of orthodox Confucianism, which, like his grandfather, believed that eunuchs were only subordinates and must be strictly controlled.

But in the Battle of Jingjing, the eunuchs who were under control by Emperor Jianwen's side became Zhu Di's source of intelligence.

As a result, Zhu Di mastered the reality of the capital, and only then did he succeed in one fell swoop.

And the eunuchs in Zhu Di's original palace also participated in the war with him, and made great contributions.

Therefore, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he thought that the eunuchs were loyal to him, regarded them as confidants, and appointed more eunuchs, such as supervising the army and envoys.

In order to consolidate his rule and at the same time monitor his ministers, the Ming Dynasty set up Dongchang, which was controlled by the eunuchs who were close to the emperor.

The establishment of the East Factory marked the official entry of the eunuch forces of the Ming Dynasty on the stage of history and became the beginning of the eunuch problem in the Ming Dynasty.

The system set up by Zhu Yuanzhang with his own standards during the Taizu period began to be difficult to operate in the Ming Dynasty emperors after Zhu Di.

First of all, the prime minister was abolished, and power began to be vested in the cabinet, which used the voting system to deal with the affairs of the imperial court.

Normally, the Cabinet will unify the views on government affairs and handle them properly.

Then it was handed over to the emperor for approval, and the emperor thought that he agreed, so he approved it.

However, the emperors after Yongle often did not have the ability to work of their ancestors, so there was a situation where "all the daily documents, except for the imperial pen and several books, were divided into batches by all the eunuchs", resulting in a strange situation in which the ministers were subject to the eunuchs.

When he arrived at Zhu Di's grandson, Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong, he seriously violated the ancestral precept that Ming Taizu did not allow eunuchs to read and write.

In the palace, the "Inner Book Hall" was set up to teach eunuchs to read and write.

As the saying goes, hooligans are not scary, they are afraid that hooligans are educated.

Teaching eunuchs to read and write can be said to have opened Pandora's box, so that the eunuchs not only have power, but also have the wisdom to deal with the ministers.

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty had twenty-four yamen, and the leaders of the eunuchs in each yamen were called eunuchs.

Among these twenty-four yamen, the celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor are the two most powerful.

The celebrant is in charge of the internal and external chapters, and the imperial horse supervisor is in charge of the emperor's military talismans. At the time of Xuande, the position of the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of the seal of the master of ceremonies was produced, one of them was responsible for mentioning the emperor's ghostwriting and approval, and the other was responsible for sealing.

These two positions can be described as high and powerful, and all the famous power supervisors in the history of the Ming Dynasty came from here.

When Yingzong arrived in the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Wang Zhen was quite trusted by Yingzong and leaned towards the government and the opposition.

The unscrupulous Wang Zhen even directly stole the iron monument that Ming Taizu erected in the palace to prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics, which shows his arrogance.

At the time of Yingzong, the power of eunuchs had begun to touch the military power.

By the time of Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Dynasty, the expansion of the eunuch power of the Ming Dynasty was completed, and the eunuchs played with power, monitored the ministers, and interfered in the government and military affairs became the norm.

The main reason for the long existence of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty and the large number of eunuchs is still the strengthening of imperial power.

Although the eunuchs interfered in the government affairs, in the contest between the imperial power and the civil official group, the eunuch was always an assistant to the emperor and helped the emperor suppress the civilian official group.

Secondly, although Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, strictly forbade eunuchs from interfering in politics, it was precisely his many measures to strengthen imperial power that laid hidden dangers for the rise of eunuch power later.

Finally, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty after Chengzu were mostly wasted in court politics and regarded eunuchs as cronies, so that eunuchs had the opportunity to interfere in court politics.

Now if Wei Zhongxian wants to bring down Wei Bao, he has to use the first assistant Gu Bingqian.

"Chitose rest assured, this Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji don't have that much courage, I understand their affairs clearly, they helped Wei Bao play the book, this is Wei Bao looking for them, they thought Wei Bao was a Chitose person, so they agreed, this was used as a knife." Cui Chengxiu said: "Chitose asked people to bring words, so that they immediately approved Wei Bao's resignation and reported it to His Majesty." This is Wei Bao's own resignation, and the cabinet is approved, so His Majesty will not be able to say anything. If His Majesty retains Wei Bao, we will say that Wei Bao's resignation is just pretending, and we don't believe that Wei Bao is so thick-skinned that he ignores the attitude of hundreds of officials. ”

Wei Zhongxian sighed: "Bring down Wei Bao, our family is not worried, our family is still worried that without Wei Bao, we will soon get nine million taels of silver, who will handle it?" ”

In fact, Wei Zhongxian's attitude towards bringing down Wei Bao was not very resolute, but he felt that Wei Bao's power had risen too fast recently, and he didn't give him much money, and he felt that Wei Bao was becoming more and more difficult to control, so he thought of taking the opportunity of Wei Bao's suggestion to His Majesty to obstruct it and knock Wei Bao.