In fact, from the perspective that Wei Bao knows the historical process, the best way is to take refuge in Houjin, be a lackey, and implement a constitutional monarchy in Houjin.

In that case, all problems will be solved.

Moreover, Houjin is a nascent regime, and the obstacles will be much smaller, and Houjin has no talents, so it is easy to get ahead.

With Wei Bao's current strength, he will definitely be crowned king directly in the past, and if Wei Bao marries Nurhachi's daughter, it will be easy to ****.

But this option, Wei Bao will not consider at all, he would rather die, and he would rather collapse the world than consider it.

So Wei Bao's brain is very messy now.

One more thing, once you've chosen a route, you now have to go in the direction of the route.

Once a constitutional monarchy is chosen, even if Wei Bao himself does not want to be the emperor, the people under him will push Wei Bao to the throne in the near future, which is not up to Wei Bao.

Government organizations are not as they can do whatever they want, this is a very complex combination, and it is a large equivalent.

It's not a village, and the village tyrant can do whatever he wants.

But once there is a clear organizational situation, Wei Bao's energy will be even greater!

Heaven and earth will be able to give Wei Bao more support.

So at this juncture, Wei Bao is particularly entangled.

I don't know whether to take the route of the iron-blooded head of state, or the route of the iron-blooded emperor, or the route of the famous minister through the ages, the best prince, or the route of the first traitor in history.

Among them, only the first traitor in history does not affect the course of history, the safest, but it is also the first to be overthrown and eliminated by Wei Bao, and even, Wei Bao did not hesitate at all, and ran to ancient times to be a dog, it is better to die.

In modern times, I didn't make a dog, and I went to ancient times to do what I did as a dog.

Therefore, Wei Bao is still inclined to the constitutional monarchy route, whether he is the emperor himself or supports the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, this line is the same.

Moreover, a constitutional monarchy is more suitable for this era than a republic, and both routes will change history.

If this is the case, it is better to take the route of a constitutional monarchy.

Therefore, what Wei Bao has to consider is how to take the route of constitutional monarchy, without changing the course of history, and allowing the people to avoid the scourge of war and live a life of food and clothing.

It's too difficult.

It is unrealistic to let the entire Ming people live a life of avoiding the scourge of war and living a life of food and clothing, so they can only secretly develop a solid base and wait for the development of history.

As for the future in 1644, what will happen when the dynasty changes, Wei Bao doesn't want to think so far for the time being.

Compared with the problems in the future, what is more urgent is the problem that will be faced soon, that is, once the route is determined, clear, and the system is revolved, the common people under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society will definitely ask Wei Bao to be the emperor, and this call will become higher and higher.

There is definitely no place for Wei Bao in history, Wei Bao must not be the emperor himself, and how to stop the development of events is the most headache.

Of course, Wei Bao is not completely without a solution, Wei Bao used such a modern title as president at the beginning, and it is for this reason.

Calling the emperor directly is too harsh, others are too sensitive to listen to it, and it is different to call the president.

The president can be equal to the emperor, as long as he doesn't let others kneel and don't shout long live.

After thinking about all this, Wei Bao's mood is a lot better, as long as he resolutely does not claim the title of emperor, everything is under control.

What Wei Bao didn't expect was that Wang Tiqian came to find Wei Bao late at night, and it was Wei Mansion who came.

Wei Bao got in touch with Wang Tiqian last year and has been secretly bribing.

However, Wang Tiqian gave a little help in the initial stage of Wei Bao's growth, and after Wei Bao entered the career this year, Wang Tiqian's sense of existence was extremely low.

Wei Bao also understands Wang Tiqian, Wang Tiqian, as a eunuch with palm prints, can be subordinate to Wei Zhongxian, and is dependent on Wei Zhongxian, which originally shows that Wang Tiqian is an extremely cautious person.

The eunuch of Bingbi is responsible for replacing the emperor with "approving red", and the palm seal eunuch is in charge of the emperor's jade seal, of course, the palm seal eunuch is the boss.

"The palm print rank respects the Yuanfu, the weight of the palm factory, followed by the pen, followed by the hall, such as the public auxiliary."

Those who served as eunuchs in the Bingbi period include Liu Jin in the Ming Wuzong period, Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Xizong period, Wang Zhen in the Ming Yingzong period, Wang Zhi and Huaien in the Ming Xianzong period, Chen Ju in the Ming Shizong period, and Feng Bao in the Ming Shenzong period.

What does a celebrant do?

The eunuchs of the celebrant are very good, some are called "the emperor", some are called "nine thousand years old", in fact, the earliest celebrant is one of the twenty-four eunuchs.

In an ordinary office that "holds etiquette", the eunuchs are equivalent to handymen, and there is no such thing as a eunuch with a pen or a palm print.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was very strict with the eunuchs, thinking that they were all insidious villains, and they were not allowed to interfere in politics, and they were not even allowed to read and write.

But the descendants of later generations obviously do not have his political enthusiasm, let alone his ability, and they can't handle government affairs at all, and they need the assistance of trusted eunuchs.

Since the beginning of Chengzu Zhu Di, eunuchs have gradually entered political life, and even have teachers who specialize in teaching culture since childhood.

With this change, the role of the celebrant becomes more and more important. Ming Yingzong was only eight years old when he ascended the throne, and he could only be ruled by the Empress Dowager Zhang, and Zhang could not discuss with the cabinet, so he ordered the cabinet to list the handling opinions in the chapter, and the emperor made a multiple-choice question, that is, the so-called vote.

In this way, the emperor only needs to choose whether it is "approved" or "not allowed", which is the so-called "approval of red", and the approval of red is performed by the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen.

Since then, the power of the 24 eunuchs of the harem and the four divisions and eight bureaus has gradually been gathered into the celebrant eunuchs, and the "second cabinet" headed by the eunuch with the palm print as the head and the eunuch with the pen as the supplement, and the eunuch with the palm print has become the de facto "internal minister".

In the period of Ming Wuzong, "he was in charge of secrets, and there was no one who did not go through his cashier."

Why was the celebrant able to break through Zhu Yuanzhang's precepts and then transform into the most powerful group in the empire.

First, the environment dictates that eunuchs live with the emperor all day long, and some are the emperor's nannies when he was young, with deep feelings and trust far beyond others; second, the overall quality of the eunuchs has improved, and they have the ability to help the emperor share the burden of work; Third, out of the political need to constrain the cabinet, the celebrant has become the second force against the cabinet, checking and balancing each other.

The eunuch has the privilege of approving red, that is, instead of the emperor in the recital of the approval opinion, of course, when approving the reply, the emperor can only use the red pen, so it is called "approving red".

It seems that the eunuch of Bingbi seems to be the most bullish, but it is not.

Under normal circumstances, the cabinet has already drafted the handling opinions, and when replying, it only needs to be approved or not, and there is not much free play, so it can only be approved according to the emperor's opinion.

Therefore, the eunuch is actually a writing machine.

If the eunuch is just a writing machine, how can he be in a high position.

The reason is that in addition to approving the infrared, the eunuchs of Bingbi are sometimes responsible for drafting holy decrees, conveying the emperor's edicts to foreign ministers, and so on.

This knowledge is great, can the emperor's meaning be expressed in place.

Whether there is "personal entrainment" in the process of expression depends on the ability of the eunuch Bingbi, and the oral edict is even more so.

At that time, Liu Jin controlled the government and relied on a pen, between the emperor and the ministers, how to say that it was all about his pen, and the ability to play with the emperor and courtiers was not ordinarily high, and even the palm seal eunuch Zhang Yong had to obey.

Literally, the palm print eunuch is the stamping machine.

The jade seal represents the imperial power, and the palm seal eunuch has the right to review, you can deceive anyone, but you can't deceive the palm seal eunuch, he is the ultimate gatekeeper.

Moreover, the palm print eunuch admiral Dongchang is the head of the inner prison, and all the affairs of the harem are determined by the palm print eunuch, so the palm print eunuch is the boss of the eunuchs.

However, in a society governed by man, there are special exceptions to everything, and complex political struggles can change some conventions at any time, for example, although Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch with a pen, his power is greater than that of the eunuch Wang Tiqian.

It's funny to say, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who holds the pen, can't hold the pen, he can't read, "Zhongxian is illiterate, and the body and Yongzhen are the master, and the red documents and the change of the ticket are invited, and the body is solo, and the loyal and virtuous are silent." ”

Wang Tiqian holds the pen and seals and does it alone, as long as Wei Zhongxian approves it, the palm print eunuch has become the worker of the eunuch Bingbi!

Why is it such a structure, because Wang Tiqian's qualifications are older than Wei Zhongxian, and his starting point is higher than Wei Zhongxian, but Wang Tiqian is sensible and took refuge in Wei Zhongxian early, and everything is based on Wei Zhongxian.

Since this is the case, Wei Zhongxian has no choice but to kill Wang Tiqian.

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were mostly bad guys with sores on the top of their heads and pus on the soles of their feet, which actually demonized this group a bit.

Objectively speaking, in addition to the particularity of their identity, they are also a person and have ordinary thoughts.

This group is both treacherous and loyal, evil and good.

For example, Wang Chengen, who accompanied Emperor Chongzhen to the end of his life, Huai'en, who was upright and loyal, Chen Ju, who was honest and self-controlled, and Zheng He, who was famous in history, were all outstanding eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty and worthy of respect and admiration by future generations.

They are no worse than any scholar, in terms of ability or conduct.

The reason why I only saw the black of the eunuchs and could not see their white was mainly because of the colored glasses of the literati and doctors at that time.

The group of eunuchs is relatively low, either from poor civilian backgrounds, or the families of criminals, all of whom are a group that some literati and doctors look down on.

A castrated person is not a human being in the eyes of literati and doctors, and this colored glasses has existed since the birth of eunuchs.

In ancient times, there were corrupt punishments, and those who were punished were called those who were left to be punished, and they were despised by all people.

Sima Qian's ability to write the "Historical Records" is related to his extreme grief and indignation after being tortured, he said: "Man is inherently dead, either lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai. ”

It shows that for the sake of this "Historical Record", I chose the most humiliating way of life.

The reason why the celebrants and supervisors reached the pinnacle of power was the trend of the political life of the Ming Dynasty, which was in line with the special environment in which they lived.

Chosen by the imperial power, as a trusted group, it is just a tool to restrain the cabinet.

The eunuch who held the seal of the master of ceremonies was Wang An at the beginning of the Apocalypse, and Wang Tiqian in the later period.

In the early days, Wang An Wang An was actually Wei Zhongxian's boss, Wei Zhongxian first entered the palace to worship under Wang Anmen, because Wang An's career was smooth, he was promoted all the way to the eunuch of the ceremony, and Wei Zhongxian also rose all the way.

But after Ming Xizong Zhu ascended the throne, he favored the nurse Keshi, and the situation changed.

The Ming Dynasty harem was popular "pair of food", that is, the eunuch and the palace maid became a de facto husband and wife, which was essentially a firmer political ally in the harem, at this time the Hakka food became extremely popular, and the Hakka food was Wang An, so Wang An was further favored, and climbed to the highest throne of the eunuch - the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, but he did not prevent his little pony Wei Zhongxian from secretly having a relationship with the Hakka family, and later openly married the food and said bad things about Wang An in front of the emperor, which led to Wang An being counterattacked.

Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka fought against each other and ruled Wang An fiercely, never dying, and finally Wang An died miserably.

Witnessing Wang An's tragic situation, the rest of the people knew that Wei Zhongxian not only had great power over the diner Baba, but also had a ruthless heart, so although the eunuch Wang Tiqian, who took over as the celebrant and the eunuch Wang Tiqian, was above Wei Zhongxian, he was willing to be a ladder and became Wei Zhongxian's horseman.

Wang Tiqian and the chief eunuchs Li Yongzhen, Shi Yuanya, Tu Wenfu, etc., all knew Wei Zhongxian's energy and viciousness, and they became his horse boys, so Wei Zhongxian achieved the strange situation of covering the sky with one hand as the second-in-command of the celebrant and supervisor.

In fact, it is not surprising, because the things in the palace are not based on the size of the position, but on the degree to which the emperor favors him.

On closer examination, the real number one of the celebrant eunuchs is the eunuch of the celebrant and the commander of the eunuch, but he never gave it to him, so he made the second-in-command eunuch the eunuch with the palm seal of the eunuch the de facto grand duke.

In history, there are even occasional eunuchs who have become the most favored special cases of the harem, Wang Zhi and Gu Dayong, so it is not surprising that there is occasionally a eunuch who is favored by the eunuch of the harem.

Why did Wei Zhongxian not be the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant after killing Wang An, a more popular theory is that Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, so he could not be the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant and the eunuch.

But this statement is not very convincing to the public, because since he is illiterate, he can't even enter the celebrant eunuch at all, let alone be the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, in fact, Wei Zhongxian is literate, but later generations want to further slander him, so he is falsely accused of being illiterate.

Even if it is not slander, he is really illiterate, so since he can enter the celebrant eunuch, or even become the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, it is not surprising that he will be a celebrant and a celebrant palm seal.

So the reason for illiteracy is not very tenable.

According to Wei Bao's analysis, there may be another reason, that is, a conspiracy of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, perhaps the Emperor of the Apocalypse thinks that the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrity is too powerful, so he deliberately let his favorite Wei Zhongxian only be the eunuch of Bingbi, forming a balance with the nominal palm print.

Another important reason is that it is customary for a celebrant to supervise Dongchang by a eunuch who is a celebrant and a pen, which is also a key position, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse attaches too much importance to this position, so he let the most favored Wei Zhongxian stay in this position.

But this reason is not very sufficient, there have been no special cases in history of the eunuch who took the palm seal to supervise the East Factory, and there have even been cases where Feng Bao is also in charge of the three major sources of power: the Celebrant Supervisor, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the East Factory.

Therefore, Wei Bao thinks that the most plausible reason is that the Emperor of the Apocalypse wants to suppress the power of the palm seal eunuch.

Because not all ceremonial eunuchs can be regarded as "internal ministers" and "cardinals", the "officials" and "positions" of internal officials in the Ming Dynasty were separated.

Among them, there are three titles of celebrant supervisors: Bingbi, Suitang and Admiral, but the palm seal is not a title, and the person who holds the seal must be the eunuch of Bingbi.

Among them, only those who add a pen and a title can participate in the maintenance of the aircraft. Although the admiral eunuch has a high status, he is only in charge of the affairs of the eunuch and does not participate in the affairs of the aircraft.

The word eunuch is an official position, not responsible for specific affairs, and "Bingbi" is the actual title, of which the first Bingbi is also the commander of Dongchang.

It is not the "official" itself that determines the direction of the internal official's actual management affairs, but the "title".

It is also possible to interpret "title" here as "sent".

For example, Li Hualong once used the right governor of the imperial history of the right capital to patrol Liaodong, and the "eunuch" is equivalent to the "right imperial history" here, and only has the function of "sending Lu" in the middle and late periods, which has little to do with its own duties.

"Bingbi" is equivalent to the specific dispatch of "Governor Liaodong".

In addition, among the eunuchs of the late Ming Dynasty, the title has the tendency to replace the official position.

After the death of some eunuchs for some reason, the emperor also posthumously gave titles instead of gifts on many occasions.

For example, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao was boating in the West Garden, the boat capsized, and the little eunuch on the same boat drowned.

With the development of the eunuch system and number in the Ming Dynasty, the word "eunuch" was not as noble as the original, and by the time of the death of the Ming Dynasty, the people had begun to use "eunuch" as the pronoun of all eunuchs.

Therefore, to sum up, although the palm seal eunuch seems to be the leader of the celebrant eunuch, his power is actually not as great as that of the celebrant Bingbi.

The eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is Wang Tiqian.

Wang Tiqian has a biography in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", but does not mention his birth year and the year of his entry into the palace.

But in the early years of the Apocalypse, Wang Tiqian was already a eunuch in Shangshan, and Wei Zhongxian was still in the Salary Division, and it was because of the light of the Hakka family that he moved to the Celebrant Supervisor.

It can be seen from this that Wang Tiqian should be older than Wei Zhongxian.

This is one of the reasons why he was able to serve as the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the seal.

But this is clearly not the main reason.

The "History of the Ming Dynasty" clearly pointed out that Wang Tiqian's party was attached to Wei Zhongxian, and the eunuch with the palm print should have been ranked above the eunuch of Bingbi, but Wang Tiqian consciously placed himself under Wei Zhongxian.

The reason for this situation has a lot to do with Wei Zhongxian's illiteracy.

Therefore, Wang Tiqian actually put on the name of "No. 1 leader" and was doing specific work for Wei Zhongxian.

Senior county officials and county magistrates. It stands to reason that the secretary is older than the county, but this is only the power of the office.

In real life, there is also personal power.

When personal power exceeds the power of the position, there will be a situation where the county magistrate has more than the secretary has the right to say.

Wei Bao couldn't understand that a person as cautious as Wang Tiqian was now at the moment when Wei Zhongxian was eager to get rid of him immediately, and he had already submitted his resignation to the cabinet.

At this time, he is weak, what is Wang Tiqian looking for himself?

If Wei Zhongxian wanted to find him, he should have let people call him over, but not let people come over, let alone let Wang Tiqian come over.

So Wang Tiqian came over at this time, according to Wei Bao's judgment, it was most likely Wang Tiqian's personal behavior.

"Princess." Wei Bao personally greeted him at the gate and respectfully bowed his hand.

Wei Bao's courtesy is extremely thoughtful, and with Wei Bao's current title and official title, there is no need to be so polite.

Although Wang Tiqian is the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, Wei Bao is actually older than Wang Tiqian.

"Lord Wei, you're polite, I'm polite, I can't stand it." Wang Tiqian was full of smiles, changing his expressionless and cautious appearance in the past.

Wei Bao didn't say much, smiled and made a gesture of please, approached Wang Tiqian and said softly: "Uncle go inside and talk about it, this is not the place to talk." ”

In addition to recognizing Li Chengnei as his brother-in-law, Wei Bao recognized Wang Tiqian as his goduncle, and in addition, he did not recognize relatives with others.

As for recognizing the teacher Sun Chengzong, he is not a relative, in fact, he is not even a teacher.

Because Sun Chengzong is not Wei Bao's mentor, Wei Bao's teacher is not counted.

Wei Bao took the exam in southern Liaoning, and he and Wu Sanfu took the exam, and the teacher was Xiong Wencan, a school official.

Wei Bao seems to have a lot of fate with the person surnamed Xiong.

Wei Bao has a relationship with Xiong Tingbi, and he has a relationship with Xiong Wencan as a teacher and a student.

Wei Bao's teachers who were admitted to the Jinshi had to be regarded as the eunuch party boss Gu Bingqian and the Donglin party boss Zhu Yanxi.

There are both Donglin Party bosses and eunuch party bosses, so Wei Bao naturally has a little advantage in politics, just in time for the most intense fight between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, and the forces of the two sides are relatively even.