After thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian still decided to see Wei Bao, and it was not a way to see him.

But after discussing with a group of subordinate ministers just now, Wei Zhongxian's intention to kill Wei Bao was even more firm.

The main crux of Wei Zhongxian and Wei Bao is that Wei Zhongxian can't figure out Wei Bao's thoughts, and Wei Bao is a disciple of Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong was not only a military strategist and strategist, but also trained a large number of civil and military generals such as Ma Shilong and Yuan Chonghuan.

Sun Chengzong was defeated in the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty was defeated in successive battles and the border defense was in danger, he replaced Wang Zaijin as the Jiliao Governor, sat in the Shanhaiguan Customs, and prepared the Qiantun to act as a backing, effectively curbing the development of the Later Jin.

Moreover, under the careful management of Sun Chengzong, large and small cities were built, and tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land were reclaimed, making Ningyuan a military important place that could be attacked and retreated.

The 200-mile defense line of Guanningjin was built, and more than 400 miles of lost territory was recovered.

In the summer of 1625, Sun Chengzong sent a general to divide the cities of Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, Shitun and Xiaolinghe, resettled nearly one million refugees, and forced Nurhachi to retreat 700 miles to recover the lost territory.

From Ningyuan, it advanced another 200 miles, thus forming the Guanningjin defense line with Ningyuan as the center.

Sun Chengzong sat in Liaodong for four years, and the northeast of the Ming Dynasty did not fight for four years, so that the Ming Dynasty had more opportunities to recuperate, fully demonstrating the power of the Celestial Empire without war.

Sun Chengzong's meritorious service was outstanding, and he was quite popular in the government and the opposition, Wei Zhongxian saw that Sun Chengzong held military power, and intended to win over, and wanted to pull Sun Chengzong to his side, so he tried to win over many times, but was refused.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian hated Sun Chengzong, and he was both afraid and hated Sun Chengzong.

Wei Zhongxian wanted to expand his power and persecute the ministers of the court, and Sun Chengzong planned to enter the court after hearing about it, and impeached Wei Zhongxian in front of Xizong.

Wei Zhongxian was frightened, and entered the palace overnight crying and begging Xizong to save his life, coupled with the persuasion of Wei Zhongxian's cronies next to him, Xizong was also reluctant to let Wei Zhongxian, so he ordered Sun Chengzong not to return to Beijing, and Sun Chengzong had to return.

Later, he learned that Sun Chengzong only brought an entourage, which made Wei Zhongxian cry.

Wei Zhongxian, of course, would not let Sun Chengzong go, wooed his cronies, asked Sun Chengzong to streamline the army, save expenses, and constantly impeached him on this ground.

Over time, Zhu Youxiao originally trusted Sun Chengzong very much, but felt that on the one hand, Liaodong was too peaceful, and he did not have to bear the sky-high military expenses every year.

Silver has always been Zhu Youxiao's biggest headache, Wei Bao can help the emperor get silver, just by virtue of this, Wei Bao entered Zhu Youxiao's field of vision.

Sun Chengzong has old qualifications in the Ming court, high power, and deep qualifications, and has recently been sharp, in the limelight, and his prestige has spread all over the government and the opposition.

Wei Zhongxian's intuition told him that Sun Chengzong should either be wooed or quickly eliminated, everyone is a popular fried chicken around Zhu Youxiao, and it is indispensable to deal with him in the future, and it is beneficial to get to know him.

At the beginning, Wei Zhongxian did pay a lot of money in order to win over Sun Chengzong.

Wei Zhongxian specially sent 45 people, including his henchmen eunuchs Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu, and Ji Yong, to go to Shanhaiguan, which was known as the "first pass in the world", where Sun Chengzong was located at that time, to reward the three armies, hoping to win Sun Chengzong's favor.

But Sun Chengzong didn't appreciate it, and after Ning Yuancheng heard the news that Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu, Ji Yong and others were going to come to Shanhaiguan to reward the three armies, he was angry at that time.

I feel that if I get involved with Wei Zhongxian, I will have endless troubles.

Sun Chengzong is old and has a lot of experience, and he knows Wei Zhongxian's thoughts.

Obviously, Wei Zhongxian's intentions are sinister, and this move is ostensibly to win over himself and reward the three armies, but in essence, it is to win the support of the army, so that when he has an accident or wants to do something big in the future, he can get the help and support of the army.

This was very terrible in feudal society.

So Sun Chengzong immediately wrote to Zhu Youxiao: "Sending envoys to inspect the army has been a taboo in the army from ancient times to the present, and I hope Your Majesty can take back your order."

But as soon as Sun Chengzong's recital was sent, Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu, Ji Yong and others came to Shanhaiguan.

These people are tired and thirsty after a long journey, over mountains and mountains, but the guards of Shanhaiguan do not pay attention to them at all.

There is only one reason why Sun Chengzong did this, that is, we are different, we are not all the way, and we resolutely draw a clear line.

Wei Zhongxian believed that the reason why Sun Chengzong was lukewarm to the people he sent to Shanhaiguan was because he gave too little gold, silver and jewelry.

In order to win over Sun Chengzong, Wei Zhongxian revised his bottom line again and again.

Wei Zhongxian immediately sent his henchman eunuch Liu Yingkun to Shanhaiguan with 100,000 taels of gold to reward the Ming army, and specially sent a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and daily necessities to Sun Chengzong.

Before leaving, Wei Zhongxian told Liu Yingkun that no matter what the price was, he would win over Sun Chengzong.

Liu Yingkun also swore to the leader Wei Zhongxian that he would resolutely complete the task.

When Liu Yingkun arrived at Shanhaiguan, he knew that he would never be able to complete the task this time.

Once again, a hot face was pasted with a cold buttocks, Liu Yingkun was disappointed, and there was a deep sense of shame that took the initiative to give gifts thousands of miles away, and it was not uncommon for people to do so.

Wei Zhongxian understood that in this world, not everyone can be won over with money.

In November of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong led people to inspect Jizhou and Changzhou, and his head suddenly opened up.

Sun Chengzong thought that he had offended Wei Zhongxian, and from now on, the twists and turns he worked so hard to write might never be passed on to Zhu Youxiao's hands, after all, Wei Zhongxian was the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, and all the twists and turns passed to Zhu Youxiao had to go through Wei Zhongxian's hands.

Sun Chengzong decided to go to Beijing on Zhu Youxiao's birthday to expose the heinous crime of Wei Zhongxian's dog thief.

In order to show his respect for Zhu Youxiao, Sun Chengzong still wrote a letter to Zhu Youxiao in advance, explaining the reason and itinerary for his entry into Beijing, and seeking Zhu Youxiao's consent.

When Zhu Youxiao hadn't seen this letter, Wei Guangwei, a member of the eunuch party, and a member of the cabinet, already knew about it.

Wei Guangwei didn't dare to slack off, and immediately told Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Guangwei deliberately exaggerated the facts for the sake of his high-ranking officials and his life, and he boasted to Wei Zhongxian: "Sun Chengzong has tens of thousands of Ming troops at the border, and he will lead the army straight to Beijing City to clear the traitorous ministers around the emperor, and Li Banghua, the squire of the military department, will be his internal response, and then Wei Gonggong will die without a place to be buried." ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was immediately frightened, and ran to Zhu Youxiao's side overnight, crying loudly.

Wei Zhongxian honestly told Zhu Youxiao what Wei Guangwei told him, and asked Zhu Youxiao to save him because of the relationship between master and servant for many years.

Zhu Youxiao was moved, and asked the cabinet to draft the decree overnight.

Gu Bingqian, the first assistant of the cabinet, wrote a letter to Sun Chengzong, saying that Sun Chengzong did not receive an order and left the station without permission, which did not conform to the rules set by the ancestors.

That night, Wei Zhongxian ordered the forbidden army to open the palace gates, summoned Cui Chengxiu into the palace, and ordered him to carry Zhu Youxiao's edict overnight to prevent Sun Chengzong from entering the city of Beijing.

Wei Zhongxian also falsely passed on Zhu Youxiao's will and ordered the eunuchs stationed at the Nine Gates: "If Sun Chengzong arrives at Qihuamen, he will be tied up with five flowers." ”

In fact, Sun Chengzong did not lead the army to come, but only brought two retinues.

When Sun Chengzong arrived in Tongzhou, he received an edict from Zhu Youxiao, and he had no choice but to return to Shanhaiguan.

Overthrowing Sun Chengzong has become the most urgent wish in Wei Zhongxian's heart.

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Liu Boxi, the "descendant of the captive students", took a few people and ran to see Sun Chengzong's subordinates, Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan.

Liu Boxi dropped a bombshell, claiming that Huang Taiji was in Yaozhou City at this time, and the defenders were less than 300 people, these people were all rubbish, if they could send the Ming army to attack, the Han people in Yaozhou City would respond to the wind and launch a riot.

On September 21, Ma Shilong's soldiers divided into two routes, one led by Zuo Fu to the upper reaches of the Liuhe River; The first route was led by Lu Zhijia, deputy general of the right guard forward, Li Chengxian, general of the Jinzhou garrison forward battalion, and the guerrilla Jin Guan, Yao Youxian, etc., of the sailor battalion, and marched to the lower reaches of the Liuhe River.

At that time, there were no large warships anchored in the vicinity of the Liuhe River, and only the Ming army was transported back and forth by fishing boats, and only a dozen people could be transported each time, and all the Ming troops were not transported across the Liuhe River for four days and four nights.

Transporting the Ming army across the river, one day and one night has not been discovered by the Eight Banners Army, it is already a blessing from God, if it has been transported for four days and four nights and has not been discovered by the Eight Banners Army, it is simply unreasonable.

On the night of the fourth day, the Eight Banners army finally found the Ming army crossing the river.

They immediately reported the news to the guards Tunburu, Ardai, and Maohai.

Tunburu, Ardai, and Maohai have the style of generals, and they did not lead the Eight Banners Army to launch a fierce attack on the Ming army that was crossing the river, they wanted to close the door and fight the dogs, and completely annihilate this Ming army.

The Eight Banners Army put a long line to catch big fish, lured the Ming army to go deeper, led the Ming army into the ambush circle of the Eight Banners Army, and then completely annihilated this Ming army.

When the Ming army arrived near Yaozhou in the middle of the night and was preparing to attack the city, suddenly the rear of the Ming army shouted and killed, and the Eight Banners army in Yaozhou City also swarmed out.

At this time, the Ming army was caught off guard by the Eight Banners Army, and the enemy was already in a panic.

However, the rear was cut off by the big river Liuhe, and in order to survive, the Ming army jumped into the icy river one after another, drowning and freezing to death.

On the 26th, after Ma Shilong heard about the fighting on the front line, he immediately led the Ming army to set off from Youtunwei and rushed to the Liuhe River to rescue.

As soon as the Ming army arrived at Liuhe, they encountered a rout fleeing in all directions.

The Ming army was immediately frightened and panicked, and the faster they fled, the better.

In the Battle of Liuhe, the Ming army was defeated, Lu Zhijia and Li Chengxian all died under the chaotic knife of the Eight Banners Army, the Ming army died more than 400 people, lost more than 670 horses, and also lost a large amount of armor and a large number of military supplies.

The Battle of Liuhe was an adventurous attack launched by Ma Shilong with Sun Chengzong on his back, and it was just a battle that could not be smaller, and the victory or defeat of this battle could not have much impact on the situation in Liaodong.

The eunuchs led by Wei Zhongxian clung to the effective weapon of the Battle of Liuhe and launched an attack on Sun Chengzong.

The eunuch party united as one, united with the outside world, besieged Ma Shilong, and pointed the spearhead at Sun Chengzong.

There are dozens of twists and turns in the book to impeach Sun Chengzong, and the content of each twist and turn is similar, that is, Sun Chengzong must be severely punished.

Things are getting bigger and bigger, and it has reached an uncontrollable situation.

"Master Wei." As soon as he arrived at the flower hall where Wei Bao was waiting, Wei Zhongxian took the initiative to greet Wei Bao.

Wei Bao was in a nervous mood, secretly anxious, Wei Zhongxian had passed more than half an hour, and he still didn't see him? This did not happen during this time, since he obtained the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the official position of the Zuo Si Cheng of Dali Temple, Wei Bao's status here in Wei Zhongxian has been greatly improved, and he is usually received by Wei Zhongxian within a stick of incense.

"Nine thousand years old!" Wei Bao hurriedly knelt down and saluted Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Bao did all the shameless things behind people, kneeling can be regarded as a gift for monarchs and ministers, or a gift for fathers and sons, anyway, Wei Bao doesn't care, just express the greatest respect.

Wei Zhongxian has always been very satisfied with Wei Bao's face-to-face attitude, and he also appreciates Wei Bao as a person, which is one of the reasons why Wei Zhongxian has always been ruthless in dealing with Wei Bao.

"Lord Wei, now that you are a big celebrity in front of Your Majesty, how dare you deserve such a great gift from your Lord Wei? Hurry up, please. Wei Zhongxian said, and he was going to help Wei Bao up in person.

Wei Bao hurriedly stood up by himself: "Don't work for nine thousand years old, nine thousand years old, please sit." ”

"Master Wei came to our house late at night, is there anything important?" After Wei Zhongxian sat down, he had an expression of not knowing anything.

"I haven't been here for a few days at the age of nine thousand, and I miss it very much, and besides, here's a list, it's a list of my officials sold these days, and I have indicated the amount of money I have sold, and all the property has been transferred to His Majesty's internal money, and I don't dare to take a penny of silver." Wei Bao hurriedly said.

Wei Zhongxian sighed, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Wei." ”

"Nine thousand years old, you are my father, you must not be called an adult anymore, this is a villain." Wei Bao hurriedly put on a pained expression.

Wei Zhongxian smiled slightly: "Our family also forgot to congratulate Master Wei on winning His Majesty's favor, and His Majesty rewarded Wei Jiazhuang and you, this time, you are satisfied, right?" ’

Wei Bao originally wanted to pretend to be stupid and not mention the matter of Weijiazhuang, because Wei Zhongxian used Weijiazhuang as a threat to extort one million taels of silver from him, and now the emperor gave Weijiazhuang to him, so naturally there is no need to give this million taels of silver.

However, Wei Bao knew that if Wei Zhongxian said a few bad words in front of the emperor and let the emperor know that Weijiazhuang was actually more than 2,000 square kilometers in size, he might not be able to keep Weijiazhuang.

"Nine thousand years old, it wasn't that I deliberately begged Your Majesty to give me Weijiazhuang, it was Your Majesty who took the initiative to ask about my hometown, and then said that he would give it to me. Nine thousand years old, rest assured, I work hard to earn silver, I promised to give nine thousand years old one million taels of silver, I will definitely make up for nine thousand years old. Everything in my Wei Bao is 9,000 years old, and I am willing to give everything to 9,000 years old. Wei Bao patted his ass.

Wei Zhongxian laughed when he heard this, "What Master Wei said is better than what he sings, our family loves to listen to it." It's rare that Master Wei has been favored by the Holy Grace, and he still hasn't forgotten our family, it's rare. ”

"How dare a child forget the great grace of the nine-thousand-year-old? I do a written inventory and punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but it's all for the sake of 9,000 years old, and now the court is 9,000 years old in power, the court is good, it is 9,000 years old, I have no selfish intentions! I'm afraid that I will offend the interests of some of the cronies of the 9,000-year-old, and I'm afraid that someone will stir up trouble and cause trouble and separate the father-son relationship between the child and the 9,000-year-old. Although he did not officially send a letter to Wei Zhongxian, and he was not Wei Zhongxian's official godson, Wei Bao had already begun to call himself Wei Zhongxian's child, anyway, every time he had a secret meeting with Wei Zhongxian, the two of them would talk alone, and he was not afraid of disgust.

Wei Zhongxian saw that Wei Bao was so well-behaved, but he was a little embarrassed to say that he wanted Wei Bao to return to Liaodong and go to Sun Chengzong's Jiliao Governor's Mansion to be a four-rank commander.

Wei Zhongxian felt that with Wei Bao's cleverness, he would definitely be able to discover their intentions immediately, which was a poisonous plan to let Wei Bao enter the water with Sun Chengzong's shipwreck.

"I heard that you killed the Caoyun Governor of Zheng Erpin today?" Wei Zhongxian asked.

Wei Bao was taken aback, this was the reason why he came to Wei Zhongxian, he wanted to take the initiative to tell Wei Zhongxian about it, because Li Siqi and Feng Quan were both Wei Zhongxian's people, but they didn't expect Wei Zhongxian's news to be so well-informed and already knew.

"Yes, nine thousand years old, the child is a last resort, originally it was just a routine law enforcement, but I didn't want the Cao Gang and the Cao Yun Yamen to be too fierce, and they actually wanted to kill the child, but the child had no choice but to do it." Wei Bao knelt down again, "The child knew that the person who killed the godfather was very frightened, and begged the godfather for forgiveness." ”

Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth, "Our family doesn't blame you, but the people below our family think that you are too ruthless, and the text inventory you are engaged in now has also rectified many people on our side, and many people hate you." They want to transfer you out of Jingshi and let you go to Liaodong to serve in the Jiliao Governor's Mansion, what do you think? ”

The reason why Wei Zhongxian still said this with all his heart was mainly because he felt that Wei Bao was dangerous, if he could make Wei Bao make a big mistake and take Wei Bao's official position to the end, it would not be too late to promote Wei Bao in the future.

Moreover, you can get a lot of gold and silver from Wei Bao, how to say it, it is a no-loss deal to harm Wei Bao first.

Wei Bao understood everything as soon as he heard it, Wei Bao was very clear about Sun Chengzong's current situation, and Sun Chengzong in history was squeezed out by Wei Zhongxian this month.

At this time, I sent myself to the Jiliao Governor's Mansion, naturally I wanted to let myself sink the ship with Sun Chengzong, you eunuchs, you are also vicious with your intentions, right?

Wei Bao secretly thought, he is now in charge of the cabinet scholar, a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, a master of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and a member of the Zuo Temple of Dali Temple, although the official rank is still only the fifth grade, but the four titles have a certain amount of power, and now he is in the capital and is thriving, and he has been pulled by the emperor to his side, which is in the rising momentum of fame!