Gu Bingqian was stunned, and Wei Bao finished speaking, and he didn't know what to say.

However, Gu Bingqian's anger is all gone, but now he is a little confused, and Wei Bao seems to have messed up the rules of officialdom.

Is it that in the future, the rise and fall of officials in the capital will be in the hands of Wei Bao? Grandpa Wei didn't greet him like this.

Wei Bao saw that Gu Bingqian didn't speak, and continued in a low voice: "Lord Shoufu, Teacher, Master, how much money can be worth any official, there is a roughly number, I can't get any benefits anyway." I think that in the past few days, Jiu Qian-seoul must not have the leisure time to worry about this matter, and I am afraid that the position will be occupied by people with bad intentions, so I will do this, otherwise I really don't want to do this kind of thing, if there is any evidence, I will definitely be skinned by the Donglin Party in the future. ”

Gu Bingqian nodded slightly, still not saying anything.

In fact, Gu Bingqian was not easy to find Wei Bao's stubble, not only did he think that Wei Bao gave him silver, but also because the officials Wei Bao got were really good, at least they were all famous, and their names were justified.

It's not like before, it's all a bunch of prisoners who spent money to buy tribute students.

Wei Bao is smart here, he now controls the personnel of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, at the beginning he still maintained a certain proportion of officials from Jinshi, and then changed his official position, he is simply the children of the Yamen, and even many people can not be regarded as the children of the Yamen, as long as the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple are a little related, as long as they take out the silver, people look smart, Wei Bao has recruited into the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and he is more and more bold.

Then he pushed the suitable, Jinshi-born, officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and expanded to other major yamen.

In the past month or so, more than 2,000 officials have passed through Wei Bao's hands!

There are only more than 10,000 officials in the capital, plus the officials who have eaten empty salaries and have not seen anyone at home for a long time, the total is definitely not more than 20,000, and more than 2,000 people have passed through Wei Bao's hands.

Gu Bingqian really didn't say anything wrong at the beginning, Wei Bao is indeed about to catch up with the Ministry of Officials now, and he, a real Ministry of Officials, has not had as many officials as Wei Bao has been in a month in the past few years.

"You take the silver back first, I still have to report this matter, and I have to be approved by the nine thousand years old and the celebrant supervisor, so many officials are left to stay, appoint and dismiss, I can't have the final say alone." Gu Bingqian was not in a hurry to collect the cashier.

Wei Bao secretly praised, although this product took refuge in the eunuch party, but the demeanor is still good, otherwise it would not be valued by Wei Zhongxian, and he will be supported to the position of first assistant!

"Don't take it around, Lord Shoufu can rest assured that you can take it, just report the list of officials, and I guarantee that the nine thousand years old will approve it." Wei Bao smiled: "If Lord Shoufu refuses to accept the cash, it can't help but make me uneasy. ”

What are you worried about?

Gu Bingqian was told by Wei Bao like this, and he had no idea, he really had nothing to do with this eccentric Wei Bao, "Master Wei, can you give the old man a real understanding now?" You're already a nine-thousand-year-old henchman? ”

"I can tell the Lord this truth, but please don't say it to anyone, just as I don't say it to anyone if I give money to the Master! Be! Wei Bao smiled and said, "Otherwise, can I handle a few major things?" ”

Gu Bingqian nodded, and quietly accepted the silver, "Young and promising, the future is terrifying." ”

Wei Bao saw that Gu Bingqian had accepted the silver, and he was in a big mood, but he was afraid that Gu Bingqian would not accept the silver, because of this matter, he had not yet ventilated Wei Zhongxian.

Now that Gu Bingqian has agreed, it will be easy to do when he goes to Wei Zhongxian to say it.

After chatting casually, Wei Bao accepted it when he saw it and said goodbye to Gu Bingqian.

"Let the people who got the official position from me speak separately to help Wei Zhongxian speak, suppress the Donglin Party, and state the benefits of killing Xiong Tingbi." Wei Bao said to Lin Wenbiao.

Lin Wenbiao was taken aback, the president has always had a neutral attitude towards the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, although he was secretly involved with the Eunuch Party, but not many people knew that the president only had a one-line contact with Wei Zhongxian and Fu Yingxing, and now he is going to directly participate in the war?

Wei Bao saw Lin Wenbiao hesitating, knowing what he was thinking, and said in a low voice: "I don't call them for the official positions that these people got from me, they don't know who the thread is in their hands, and they don't know who their master is!" As for myself, if I don't go to the script, I won't be involved in the struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party. ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away, or will I send someone to deliver the letter?" Lin Wenbiao asked.

"Send a few agents of the Statistics Bureau who have never shown up to pass on the word verbally, don't say anything, don't say that I asked them to do this, just say that heaven and earth will want them to do this." Wei Bao Road.

Wei Bao did this, and there was another meaning, so as to strengthen the status of the Heaven and Earth Association in the hearts of these people, because everyone knew that Heaven and Earth would be his Wei Bao's.

In addition, after all, the Heaven and Earth Society exists in the form of a unit, although everyone knows that the Heaven and Earth Society is his, but if someone attacks him with this kind of thing in the future, he can be regarded as having an extra layer of protection, after all, a unit, even if it belongs to him personally, there are still many stewards in it, and he can not know it at times, and he doesn't know which steward was bribed and spread the word indiscriminately.

Most of the time, Wei Bao is still very cautious, he doesn't want to give people the impression that he is a eunuch, even if he is suspected, even if he has left a lot of clues, as long as he does not appear as a hardcore eunuch, when Chongzhen comes to power in two years, he will not be the first target of the Donglin Party.

If Chongzhen can leave a good impression on Chongzhen before he comes to power, and help Zhu Youzhen in the process of Chongzhen coming to power, the matter between him and Wei Zhongxian should be erased.

Wei Bao has already planned now, and after this year, he must try to release it and never stay in the officialdom of the capital.

He wants to use this time to vigorously recruit officials to serve in various positions and cultivate a system of officials related to him.

After explaining the matter, Wei Bao returned to the official hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At noon, I went back to the mansion to eat as usual, although there are rooms in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, if he stays to eat, he can also reach a very high standard, because Wei Bao has his own cook, but Wei Bao still likes to go home, because they are all sitting in a sedan chair, and they don't have to walk by themselves, the capital is so small, and returning home from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple is just a stick of incense, and it won't take long.

The most important point is that Wei Bao likes the atmosphere of dining with Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, and Princess Zhenming, which can give people the feeling of home.

After lunch and a little rest, Wei Bao was going to Yamen again.

Wu Xuexia said with a smile: "After arriving in the capital, the president is much busier than when he was in Liaoxi, and you have never paid so much attention to the affairs of the Tiandihui and so many places in Liaoxi, Liaonan and North Korea. ”

Wei Bao smiled, "Isn't it just the beginning, now is the most intense time for the eunuch party and the Donglin party, get more people to go up and forcibly occupy the position of the Donglin party, and the people I put up, no matter whether they are loyal to me in the future or not, they can't get rid of me anyway, see if they can be fully absorbed into the Heaven and Earth Society." ”

Heaven and Earth will have a Wei Department that specializes in managing these Ming court officials.

"I know all this, I'm afraid that the president will work too hard." Wu Xuexia said: "Didn't you set up the Wei Department?" These things can also be explained to the people below. ”

"The Wei Department has not yet found a suitable steward, this steward must be absolutely loyal to me, and be familiar with the affairs of the Heaven and Earth Society, and be familiar with the Ming Dynasty, and the age must not be too old, and the candidate is not easy to find." Wei Bao Road.

"With so many requirements, it's really hard to do, you can let the big-headed brother take care of it first, right?" Wu Xuexia asked.

"No, Fan has a lot of things to do, and he is already very busy in charge of the external liaison of the Heaven and Earth Firm. Besides, Fan's head is not familiar with the imperial court officialdom. Wei Bao said: "Originally, I had the intention to absorb your brother into the Heaven and Earth Society, but I still don't want to think about it." ”

"yes, isn't my brother the best candidate? He's already familiar with officialdom, right? And he doesn't have anything to do every day, and he also helps you get a bunch of new science and technology scholars. Wu Xuexia said: "Are you worried about my brother, or are you afraid that he will be lazy and unwilling to pay attention?" ”

"Don't worry." Wei Bao didn't want to hide anything from Wu Xuexia, "I don't think your brother is lazy, he is just playful, and the person in charge actually doesn't have much to deal with in a day, the key is to be able to see through people's hearts and see through the world, this is your second brother's strength, he is in charge, and he will definitely have to be assigned a few deputy stewards." ”

"The president is not worried about my second brother? Why? Aren't you both all good and want to wear a pair of pants? Wu Xuexia was puzzled: "Are you worried about my father?" ”

Wei Bao nodded: "Yes, if your second brother is not from the Wu family, I won't be worried." After all, the Wu family is a big family in western Liaoning, although the two of us are together, but the expansion of the Heaven and Earth Society is essentially a conflict of interest with the big families in various places. Unless your dad also joins the Heaven and Earth Society, but is that possible? ”

Wu Xuexia thought about it, it was really impossible, her father would definitely not approve of what Wei Bao did secretly, her father didn't know what Wei Bao was doing, and thought that Wei Bao was the same as them, just a very big family, but he didn't know that the reason why the area controlled by the Heaven and Earth Society was isolated from the outside world was completely because the area controlled by the Heaven and Earth Society was completely different from the Ming Dynasty and this world.

The most fundamental thing is that all the land under the Heaven and Earth Society is owned by the Heaven and Earth Society, and there is no landlord! Heaven and Earth will purchase and sell grain in a unified manner, and no agricultural tax will be charged, only industrial tax and commercial tax will be collected.

The Heaven and Earth Society is already an independent court.

Wu Xuexia couldn't imagine what would happen if she let her father know these truths.

In fact, Wei Bao has done a lot of things in the subordinate areas of the Heaven and Earth Society, and it is impossible for the outside world to be completely unaware, there will be personnel in and out of the world, and if the confidentiality work is done again, there will be some rumors.

It's just that Wei Bao is engaged in these facts, if outsiders don't live for a period of time, don't actually understand, just listen to it, it's hard to imagine how different it is from the regular area of the Ming Dynasty.

All the land is owned by the Heaven and Earth Society, and outsiders will not feel any surprise, the Heaven and Earth Society is Wei Bao's, that is to say, all the land belongs to Wei Bao personally.

But Wu Xuexia already fully knows the difference, the Heaven and Earth Association is by no means Wei Bao alone, nor is it the steward, but all the official congregations of the Heaven and Earth Society, as well as the nominal congregation, as well as all the ordinary people in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Society, everyone has the final say!

If Wu Xuexia hadn't been with Wei Bao, she would never have dared to imagine, and she would never have thought that so many people together could be managed by one person so peaceful, and they could be so united.

Also, the education in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Society is also completely different from that of the Ming Dynasty, as far as the simplified Chinese characters are concerned, as well as the unified requirement to speak the official dialect of the capital, it is easy for people to see Wei Bao's ambitions.

"What about Li Chengnei, Li Chengnei is the president's brother-in-law." Wu Xuexia recommended to Wei Bao: "He should be reliable, right?" Moreover, his two sons have been in Weijiazhuang, and now they have joined the Heaven and Earth Society. ”

"My righteous brother is reliable, but his ability is not enough, he is not as shrewd as your second brother." Wei Bao Road.

"I know, then I'll find a chance to test my second brother more, as long as he is willing to keep it a secret from my family, okay? Otherwise, how can you trust me? Let me manage so many things in heaven and earth? Wu Xuexia said.

Wu Xuexia very much hopes that his second brother can enter the Heaven and Earth Society and be like herself.

Wu Xuexia has even seen the future prospects of the Heaven and Earth Society, if Wei Bao is in power in the imperial court one day, he will definitely not be like the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, and he will definitely have the ability to put the emperor in the air, and even have the ability to rebel.

Men are more loyal and patriotic than women, scholars in large places are more loyal and patriotic than people in small places, and scholars are stronger than those who do not read.

Wu Xuexia is a girl from a big family in the border city, she is not interested in the central authority of the Ming Dynasty by nature, because his father himself is not cold, if he is wholeheartedly loyal to the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong and Liaoxi will not form a quasi-secession situation of local Jiangmen forces.

Wei Bao could see Wu Xuexia's thoughts, but Wei Bao actually didn't really plan to let Wu Sanfu enter the Heaven and Earth Society, Wu Xuexia was a woman, and she would be his woman in the future, which was another matter.

No matter what Wu Sanfu says, he still keeps the blood of a big family, good friends belong to good friends, Wei Bao has seen too many stories of good friends turning against each other, and he doesn't want this kind of thing to happen between him and Wu Sanfu.

Therefore, Wei Bao can completely worry about his own dim sum, and spend a year and a half looking for personal training from his current officialdom subordinates and others to become a manager.

In fact, Wei Bao already has half a candidate, that is, Guo Wenliang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Guo Wenliang is a child of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his family has served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for several generations, and he is very familiar with the factions of the imperial court and the faces of each faction.

Because Guo Wenliang is only a talent and does not meet the standards of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this is also Wei Bao's promotion, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Officials and the Cabinet did not officially approve it.

The most important thing is that this Guo Wenliang is smart and clever, with strong work ability, but also very timid, which Wei Bao values very much.

In terms of appointing the magistrates of the Heaven and Earth Society, Wei Bao first attaches importance to virtue and talent, and secondly, he needs people who dare to think and dare to be responsible, and make bold moves.

But outside the Heaven and Earth Society, especially among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Bao especially admired the timid and clever people, because such people were easy to control.

If Guo Wenliang hadn't been timid, otherwise with Guo Wenliang's two brushes, he would have been able to become an official a long time ago.

Isn't Wang Wenyan also a butcher? I don't know a few big characters, didn't I get the official position of the cabinet secretary? It is still a very important official position.

How did Wang Wenyan get his official position? first relied on the great eunuch Wang An, hugged Wang An's thigh, and then hugged the thigh of the former head auxiliary Ye Xianggao after Wang An's downfall.

Therefore, it is better to be able to read than to be able to mix, and being able to mix is also a kind of ability.

Mixed in officialdom, each has its own routine.

Wei Bao knew that his abilities were very mediocre, and the only advantage he had over the people of this era was more knowledge, a little more scientific and technological knowledge, and a sample of a large warship, nothing more.

Therefore, Wei Bao first laid a solid foundation in western Liaoning before coming to the capital to develop, otherwise Wei Bao knew that he might never be able to develop.

Because after he came to the capital, which one did not rely on the team of the Heaven and Earth Society,

When is it not to rely on the wealth that you will accumulate in heaven and earth to open the way?

In the afternoon, Xiong Xin'er, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, and Princess Zhenming sent Wei Bao to the gate of the mansion.

Wei Bao smiled: "Okay, you guys go in, I'm going to the yamen, and I'm not going out, so I don't have to send so many people every time, right?" ”

"Yes, it doesn't take up any time, there have to be rules. When my father went to the yamen at home, the servants of the whole family had to stand in two rows to see my father. Wu Xuexia said with a smile.

Princess Zhenming also nodded and said: "Yes, Xuexia is right, there are no rules, there is no circle, originally our errand is to do things for the president." ”

Wang Qiuya didn't like to talk when there were many people, so she just nodded slightly.

Xiong Xin'er wanted to know why some people sometimes called Wei Bao the president, but she didn't dare to ask casually.

Because after arriving at Wei Bao's side, Xiong Xin'er found that Wei Bao's side was really different, not because Wei Bao had a lot of subordinates, although Wei Bao was only a fifth-grade official, and it was a bit strange to raise so many subordinates, but it was not without this situation.

The main reason is that Wei Bao's subordinates are very different from ordinary servants, they are particularly mysterious and disciplined, which makes her feel that she can't be casual around Wei Bao.

Xiong Xin'er is also the eldest lady of the official family, and she has also lived a period of unlimited air duct with her father, and her experience is not lost to Wu Xuexia, but she has this feeling, which shows that although Wei Bao's system is still unknown, and Wei Bao's officialdom level is also very low, but Wei Bao's system configuration has really reached the national team level, and it will never lose to the Ming court.

But even so, Wei Bao never had the same mind as the Donglin Party or Wei Zhongxian.

Just as Wei Bao never had the intention of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty by force, Wei Bao pretended to be the common people in his heart, hoping to solve a series of problems through peaceful means, at least through peaceful means, whether it was Jiannu, the Mongols, or the hungry and displaced people in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, he had a loving heart.

Wei Bao was just about to get on the sedan chair, and the eunuch from the palace came to deliver the decree.

Now the entire Jingshi knows that Master Wei is the most generous, so it has become a beautiful thing to pass the decree to Wei Bao, and the eunuchs are rushing to go.

Generally, to give an edict to an official of Wei Bao's level, just a deacon and eunuch can do it, but there are four eunuchs here.

"Hello fathers-in-law, Wei Bao is polite." As soon as Wei Bao saw the people from the palace, he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Lord Wei doesn't have to be polite, we have been summoned by holy decree to go to the platform to discuss politics." The eunuch at the head said.

Wei Bao was stunned, holding the grass? Have we all reached the level of platform discussion?

Although he is the chief official of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy and Dali Temple, after all, there are only five grades, and he can have the qualifications to go to the court, mainly because he has the identity of a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy.

Otherwise, he doesn't even have the qualifications to listen to the government of the previous dynasty, let alone directly discuss politics on the platform now?

Isn't it going to be too fast?

"Hurry up, give a few buses and horses, and the fathers-in-law must not be too little, take them to drink tea." Wei Bao said with a smile on his face.

Wu Xuexia hurriedly asked the female officials to give each of the eunuchs a five-tael piece of silver, which made several eunuchs smile and praise Master Wei vigorously.

"Grand Duke, how can I be qualified to discuss politics on the platform with such a low official position?" Wei Bao whispered to the eunuch at the head.

"I said that for people to hear, to fill the scene for Lord Wei, in fact, to listen to the government, Your Majesty said that Lord Wei is in charge of the cabinet of scholars, today Your Majesty is rare to summon a few cabinet ministers to discuss politics, so let Lord Wei go to record things." The eunuch laughed.

Wei Bao sighed, I see, he didn't think about it so quickly, and said with a smile: "Then thank you for giving the chief official face." ”

"It's good to say, everyone in the palace knows about Lord Wei giving porridge to the hungry, and Lord Wei usually respects the people in our palace and acts generously, and we usually love to help Lord Wei promote good things." The chief eunuch laughed.

When Wei Bao heard him say this, he hurriedly said to Wu Xuexia: "Xuexia, fill in some tea fees for a few more grand dukes." ’

Wu Xuexia was a little reluctant, but she did it immediately. Secretly thinking that Wei Bao's silver is really too easy to get out, a few eunuchs who pass the decree, 20 taels is not enough,

No way, I went out for another 20 taels.

The happy eunuchs were happy and thanked Wei Bao repeatedly, and Wei Bao went with a few eunuchs.

Along the way, Wei Bao talked and laughed with several eunuchs, of course, he talked and laughed, and the eunuchs still had a scruple image.

However, the eunuchs could see Wei Bao's enthusiasm, and they all felt that Wei Bao was very good, not only being friendly, but also respecting them eunuchs from the bottom of his heart.

The vast majority of officials are polite when they see eunuchs, but they are polite, and they do not mean respect, eunuchs are a very special group of people, they are more delicate than men, more vicious than women, and they are all very yin.

pays special attention to every detail of getting along with people, so most people are respectful of eunuchs, mainly polite, but they definitely don't have the mind to understand each other.