"No." Wei Zhongxian sat up straight, "If you do this, Wei Bao's usefulness will be greatly reduced!" ”

Fu Yingxing looked at Wei Zhongxian suspiciously.

"He does things for us in secret, and gives us advice, which is much more useful than helping us in the open. He's just a new science and technology scholar on the surface, what's the use? Today, Wei Bao's idea is very good! Wei Zhongxian explained.

"But doesn't my uncle believe in Wei Bao? If you don't have one heart with us, even if it is useful, it may be counterproductive, Wei Bao can help us today, and I can't help the Donglin Party one day. Fu Yingxing said.

"No, he has a message in our hands. What's more, Wei Bao is a smart person, and he can understand what Daming's surname is now. Wei Zhongxian said confidently.

"Then, can my uncle warn Wei Bao?" Fu Yingxing said again.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head: "You, it's still too simple to think about things, what's the use of warnings?" Knowing people and faces but not hearts, can you still see what others think in their hearts? Wei Bao's matter will be put aside for a while, if he gets this done, there will be no harm to us in the slightest, what is there to worry about? ”

"Does my uncle really plan to do what Wei Bao said? I'm afraid it will provoke all the Donglin Party and us to fight to the death, and it will be completely stopped according to the situation. Fu Yingxing said worriedly.

"What can you do if you are afraid of wolves and tigers? Try it at the Metropolitan Inspection Institute and Dali Temple first! If it is feasible, in the future, the major yamen will follow this as an example, and squeeze the Donglin Party out of the court and the officialdom of the capital, and then the same will be true in the locality, our family will make the entire Ming officialdom our family within five years! Wei Zhongxian's tone was very firm: "You go and gather all the people who can speak, and discuss here tomorrow afternoon." ”

"Yes! Uncle, I'll gather them tomorrow! Fu Yingxing clenched his fists and agreed.

When Wei Bao returned to the mansion, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming were still waiting for him, and they didn't sleep.

They all knew that Wei Bao went to Wei Zhongxian, but they didn't know what Wei Bao was going to do.

The three girls all wanted to ask, but none of them asked.

Wei Bao didn't want them to worry, and he took the initiative to talk about the content of today's conversation with Wei Zhongxian.

The President's Secretariat is responsible for the communication between President Wei and the entire Tiandihui, as well as the regions and everyone under the Tiandihui.

The three daughters, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming, are more like the link between President Wei and the President's Secretariat.

Although Princess Zhenming rarely gives advice and rarely expresses opinions, she is mainly responsible for the president's diet and daily life, but every time Princess Zhenming speaks, the words spoken by Princess Zhenming are very insightful.

She grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she has been in contact with and heard a lot about officialdom and the court, so she naturally has her own unique views.

"You help Wei Zhongxian like this, so if Wei Zhongxian really does things according to your method, won't the people of the Donglin Party soon suffer a catastrophe?" Wu Xuexia said worriedly: "Wei Zhongxian's power is too huge, is it really good for Daming and the president?" ”

"Whether I help Wei Zhongxian or not will not affect the speed of Wei Zhongxian's expansion." Wei Bao said: "Moreover, no matter how Wei Zhongxian suppresses the Donglin Party, he can't wipe out the Donglin Party!" This is a struggle between the civilian clique and the imperial power, unless the imperial examination system is abolished and other methods are used to select talents, but this is impossible. In that case, the whole system of the country would have to be changed, and it would not be a feudal era. ”

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming all seemed to understand Wei Bao's words, and no one answered.

"Isn't it strange for you guys to know why I'm helping Wei Zhongxian so much?" Wei Bao laughed.

"Isn't it just to be an official? Didn't you say it just now, after the matter was completed, Wei Zhongxian promised you to correct the actual shortage of the six products on both sides of the Dali Temple and the Inspectorate. Wu Xuexia said.

"It's not my personal official to be the main thing, I'm mainly trying to get people up! If the old ones don't kick them out, how can they be replaced by new ones? Wei Bao smiled: "The person I got has received my favor, and he is my person!" ”

"After the matter is completed, whether Wei Zhongxian will keep his promise, let's not say it for now. Even if Wei Zhongxian keeps his promise, isn't it just the sixth grade? With such a low rank, how many people can you get up? Wu Xuexia wondered.

"How many people can I get?" Wei Bao stretched out two fingers and shook them, "Two hundred, at least two hundred!" I haven't made up for the real shortage of Jinshi in this department, I can fill all of them in the position! ”

"How is that possible? How many locations are there in the Metropolitan Inspectorate and Dali Temple? And there are still many positions, and the people of the Wei family must also promote people, right? Also, to be able to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple to work, you must have at least ten years of experience in officialdom, and you must have an excellent official reputation. Wu Xuexia retorted.

"It's not just the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, these two places, I get a dozen or twenty people to come in, it's not a big problem. If it is done well in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, Wei Zhongxian will definitely start to squeeze out the Donglin Party in the entire Beijing officialdom according to my method, and when the time comes, how many places will have to be vacated for so many large and small yamen? Are Wei Zhongxian's people busy? As long as I keep in touch with the Jinshi of the same year during this time, so that everyone can unite around me, then I will have a way to make them all really lacking! In this matter, you tell Brother Sanfu about it, ask him to assist me, he is good at doing this kind of thing. The cost of eating and drinking comes from the president's secretariat. Wei Bao said.

Wu Xuexia understood, nodded and said, "Yes, I'll tell my brother tomorrow." With my brother and Zhang Luo, the president of the Big Head Gang, I have to listen to you today. I think everyone can live in our Maritime Chamber of Commerce, the Maritime Chamber of Commerce can't live, and there are still many inns in our Tiandi Firm. ”

"That's right! You and Brother Sanfu, big head, the three of you are in charge of this. Wei Bao smiled: "It's still a girl's heart." ”

"Don't think about it well, as a result, the Donglin Party will not fall behind, and things will not go in the direction you want at all, so it will be wasted in vain. There are more than 200 people, and the daily expenses are at least more than 100 or 200 taels of silver. Wu Xuexia felt sorry for the silver.

"The money that should be spent still has to be spent, and in the same year, Jinshi is my capital to mix in officialdom. I estimate that this thing can be completed in three months at most, counting 200 taels of silver a day, a hundred days, but 20,000 taels of silver, and only 30,000 taels of silver if you die, what is this bit of silver? Wei Bao laughed.

"Well, if they are raised for three months, they will have to think of this for the rest of their lives, and if they enter the officialdom through the president, the president is their benefactor, and if they are ungrateful in the future, they will not be able to save their face! It's still a good deal. Wu Xuexia nodded in agreement.

Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming also had no opinion, and a small meeting was an agreement.

In the next few days, the whole capital seemed to be calm and quiet, and life was as good as ever, but everyone in the officialdom of the capital felt a great pressure, as if it was pressure before the storm was coming.

Everyone doesn't know what kind of way this storm will come, but they all feel that it will definitely be big, because whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, it has been very quiet in the court these days.

Wei Bao is very busy, together with Wu Sanfu and Fan Datou, he is almost singing every night, and he is drunk every day.

They are all placed in the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, or in the Tiandihui firm's own restaurant to carry out activities.

These places are not Qinglou, Wei Bao has silver to treat, and no one has anything to say.

"How? Everyone's gathered, right? How's the scene going? Wu Sanfu said to Wei Bao: "Everyone has one and counts as one, they are all brothers!" I told them, we are new science and technology scholars, don't be in a hurry to hug your thighs, don't be in a hurry to label yourself, everyone has to remember, we are the same year, we are brothers, and we are all friends of your Xiaobao. ”

Wei Bao nodded with a smile, "Brother Sanfu, this idea is right!" ”

"Hehe, Xiaobao, I understand what you mean, these people are not stupid, they all know that you want to pull the mountain and establish a sect, don't worry, none of these people disobey you! In terms of age, although you are the youngest, you are young, and you don't suffer in officialdom, not to mention that you are the Tanhualang with the title of the gold list! The jinshi here are all unfilled, and those who have not filled the vacancies are either short of silver in the family, or they have not opened up the relationship. Most of those who are in the front of the exam already have something to do. So, here is your highest ranking in the scientific examination! Whoever ranks higher will be the most talented, and you have to count you as the most talented. Secondly, in terms of silver, how many people in the Ming Dynasty can compare to your Xiaobao? Your money is all earned by yourself, and everyone is convinced of this. has silver, talent, or the godbrother of Dong Li Niangniang, Dong Li Niangniang is famous, who doesn't respect Dong Li Niangniang? Also, the most important thing is that you are willing to spend money and bring everyone together, this boss is your Xiaobao's, your brother and I are the first to support you. The more Wu Sanfu spoke, the happier he became, and the smell of wine flew in his mouth.

Wu Sanfu's words are also smooth, and he slipped away, and in the past few days, he has said this to everyone.

Wei Bao was loyal to Wu Sanfu, "Brother Sanfu, we are a family, don't say polite words, let's not clink glasses, how can I respect you in my heart, you can count it." ”

"Yes, yes." Wu Sanfu smiled with satisfaction: "You kid is developed, I am developed!" The two of us are together, closer than brothers. ”

"It's Brother Sanfu, let me give you a little advice, can you rhetoric a little? You exaggerate my praise, there are things in the sky and nothing on the earth, will others be disgusted when they hear it? "Wei Bao is a person who is very considerate of other people's ideas, and he is not a person who likes to be high-profile.

"Brother, don't be too modest, what kind of exaggeration is this? I'm telling the truth, not a word of bragging, isn't it? Wu Sanfu said.

Wei Bao nodded yes.

"No, don't you know, we are now competing with Donglin and Wei Gonggong to win people's hearts, we rely on giving everyone real benefits, relying on true feelings, but we don't have the power on both sides of the family, the banner is big, if you want to gather people, you have to carry a big banner, what are you now? You're the banner! Wu Sanfu's eyebrows danced.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, nodded, and secretly wondered not to spoil Brother Wu's interest. I really found the right person, this Sanfu brother may not have much talent, and his calculations may be very ordinary, and he is not the material to be a military advisor, but he and Fan Datou are engaged in diplomacy, which is really good, and in the future, he can rest assured that he will be handed over to Sanfu to help him take care of it in the Ming officialdom.

Wei Bao was very relieved of Wu Sanfu, and never thought that he would fall out with Sanfu's eldest brother.

It's really like a brother, even closer than a brother.

If this was placed before the rebirth crossing, Wei Bao would not have thought that he would be so old with Wu Xiang's son.

Two days later, Wei Zhongxian's men began to move, and first threw out a confession of Yang Lian's daughter Yang Xue.

Yang Xue's confession listed all the people outside the hardcore Donglin Party in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, none of them slipped through the net, and all the incriminating evidence, even a few new science and technology scholars who were transferred from the Hanlin Academy to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to observe the government were not left behind, and they also listed the crimes.

Wei Bao's crime is passive neglect.

Wei Bao didn't pay attention to this kind of crime out of nothing, what can he be accused of if he doesn't do anything serious?

Since ancient times, people who want to engage in officialdom are compared to power, and if they are not guilty, they can be condemned as guilty, and if they are guilty, they can also be condemned as innocent, and it doesn't matter what the crime is, especially this kind of ambiguous and unfounded crime.

Wei Bao hadn't come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for several days, and when he got the news, he took the initiative to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and handed over the figures of more than 200 Jinshi in the same year to Fan Datou and Wu Sanfu to continue to execute.

Anyway, Wu Sanfu is an idle man in the Zhan Mansion, and he has a lot of work every day, so he doesn't have to go to the yamen at all.

Wei Bao first went to the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and saw that Yang Xue was no longer on death row, so he asked the head of the cell what was going on?

"The night before yesterday, Lord Rong personally came over and took Miss Yang away in person." Old Sun Tou lowered his voice and said.

Wei Bao nodded: "In the past few days, except for Lord Rong, has no one been to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

"People come every day, and we've never been so lively here." Lao Sun Tou said: "I heard that something big happened, most of the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple have been sued, and many officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have come here to check the closing records of the case to see if there are any omissions in the past." ”

Wei Bao sighed, he had also read a lot of those closing records, most of them were complete, anyway, it was impossible to literally see the problem.

When it comes to the closure of the case by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is equivalent to the closure of the case of the Supreme Procuratorate in later generations, and there are still problems here, and they are all big problems.

Almost all of them are cases that were jointly concluded by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wei Bao didn't say anything more, secretly thinking that Yang Xue should have been released by Rong Zhengyu! Because that's what he suggested to Wei Zhongxian in the first place.

released Yang Xue, this confession was not coerced by someone to Yang Xue, but became a complaint that Yang Lian took the initiative to let her daughter sue.

Although there will definitely be many people who are suspicious, after all, the confession is from the Yang family, and Yang Lian can't get out of it.

Moreover, there are so many people who have been sued at one time, but there is no group of hardcore Donglin Party ministers in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and it is obvious that the Donglin Party is the first to attack the eunuchs in Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wei Bao patted Lao Sun's shoulder: "I'm leaving, by the way, how did you arrange Miss Yang's daily meal?" ”

The old grandson hurriedly said: "Miss Yang, no, no, I don't know who it is, anyway, when that person was here, I gave her something to eat, and Lord Wei's ten taels of silver were spent." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "What are you nervous about, I don't ask you for silver, here is a little silver, take it to buy wine for the brothers!" ”

The old grandson was overjoyed, "Thank you, Lord Wei, if someone asks us how Lord Wei behaved in the prison, the brothers will desperately say good things about Lord Wei." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "Then thank you guy, don't worry, stay with me, good days are still ahead!" I'm the most righteous person. ”

"Well, Master Wei is the top of the class, and the big guys admire it tightly!" The old grandson said with a shy face.

Wei Bao smiled again, and then left the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After all, the prison is a hidden place in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, even if something big happens, it will not be affected much, and the compound of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is now lively.

The chatter is more lively than the vegetable market.

Yang Xue's confession listed all the people outside the hardcore Donglin Party in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, including those who were inclined to the Donglin Party, but not to the level of iron, inclined to the Eunuch Party, the Eunuch Party hardcore elements, and many neutrals with unknown tendencies, as well as centrifuges who tended to the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party.

The striking surface is too wide.

Those who are inclined to the Donglin Party, or the neutrals who are inclined to the Donglin Party, feel very aggrieved! Although it is still uncertain whether this thing was done by Yang Lian or Wei Zhongxian's people.

The neutrals with unclear tendencies are even more aggrieved, they feel that they are low-key people on weekdays, and they are afraid of walking loudly, why can they be sued?

Inclined to the eunuchs, the die-hard elements of the eunuch party, and the centrist who tend to the eunuch party, these people are angry, furious, and bound to fight to the death with the Donglin Party, and urge everyone to jointly sue Yang Lian and a group of hardcore ministers of the Donglin Party in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple!

While pouting, they gathered in the compound of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to insult the hardcore ministers of the Donglin Party.

The hardcore ministers of the Donglin Party, all of whom are not vegetarians, can be called hardcore, and the vast majority of them are people like Yang Lian, who have a clean sleeve, act relatively brightly, and have certain political aspirations.

It's not that these people are completely right, they may not take much bribes, they don't take much regular silver, but this kind of thing must be indispensable at home, otherwise, it is difficult to maintain the expenses of their families in Beijing just by relying on the money given by the imperial court.

No matter what kind of people they are, the locals in their hometowns, ordinary people, landlords and squires, and local magistrates will all sell the face of Beijing officials, and these people are all from Jinshi, and they have the preferential treatment of not paying taxes, and they can live by just relying on the land under their names to eat a few percent of the profits.