With Gu Hong's age and the identity of a high-ranking official, and the identity of Li Liang's uncle, the city government naturally has this.

"Lord Gu Hong, it's time to open a new chapter in North Korea! In the future, North Korea will be even more stable! The financial situation will also improve! Wei Bao smiled: "Let's go and appease the people outside my house, shall we?" ”

Gu Hong glanced at Wei Bao with deep eyes, didn't say anything, and nodded.

He still had a zombie face with no expression.

It turned out that Wei Bao thought that the zombie face of the Korean monarch was very funny, and it seemed that in addition to being anxious, they only had zombie faces left, but after watching too much, Wei Bao also got used to it and felt that this was also very good, this is the national character of others.

Although Gu Hong did not receive Wei Bao's gold, the relationship between the two was slightly closer, which was also the same as the relationship between Wei Bao and the North Koreans.

Wei Bao and Gu Hong chatted while walking, with a lot less hostility, and left Wei Bao's mansion.

Outside Wei Bao's mansion is an open field, where there are Wei Bao's guards, agents of the General Administration of Statistics of the Heaven and Earth Society, nearly 300 North Korean ministers who oppose Wei Bao, and their house slaves, as well as more and more ordinary people, most of whom are North Korean people who support Wei Bao.

The total number is nearly 10,000 people, and the streets around Wei Bao's mansion are full.

Everyone watched Wei Bao and Gu Hong come out together, and the relationship between the two seemed to be harmonious, but they were actually relieved, no matter who it was, they didn't want the upper echelons to fight.

Especially the people at the bottom, they just want to have a stable life and have something to eat, it's so simple, as for who manages them, in fact, they don't pay much attention.

The reason why so many Korean people supported Wei Bao was nothing more than that during the period when the Joseon royal family was not in Seoul, the Heaven and Earth Society carried out fruitful reforms in Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae-do, distributed a lot of the wealth and land of the large landlords to the lowest level of the common people and small and medium-sized landlords, and exempted the heavy taxes on farmland, and that's it.

If you insist on saying that they have a natural good impression of Tiandihui and President Wei, it must be unreasonable, although many people think that Tiandihui and President Wei are good, but they are still loyal to the royal family in their hearts, after all, they have been loyal to the monarch and patriotism in the education they have received since they were born, and this one does not need to enter the school, enter the private school, and will also come into contact with it. This is the orthodox rule of feudal society, no matter where it is, it is controlled from high to low, layer by layer.

"Master Taifu, if it's okay, let everyone disperse, right? After tossing for so long, everyone is tired. Gu Hong said to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao nodded, and then said loudly to everyone: "Everyone can disperse, before leaving, you can receive silver based on the injuries on your body!" Those who don't need to be treated, receive two taels of silver, and those who need to be healed will be given free medical treatment by me here, and during the treatment period, they will eat for free! No matter how long the treatment lasts, it's all at my expense! After the injury is healed, get a silver or two! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately talked about it, and even a group of ministers and two classes also talked about it.

Originally, everyone thought that Wei Bao would directly send silver, but they didn't expect that Wei Bao could have so many fame even if he sent silver.

However, everyone admires it.

If you don't treat it, you can directly get two taels of silver and leave, and after treatment, you can only take one or two pieces of silver, but the seriously injured person must be treated, which is really reasonable.

Just such a detail also reflects the difference of Wei Bao, which is very delicate and reasonable everywhere.

"Master Taifu, just now you said that we can also receive silver, is it true?" A seriously injured house slave of the minister's family couldn't help but ask.

Wei Bao nodded: "Yes, you are also ordinary people in North Korea, and ordinary people are my friends!" You can receive silver and receive free treatment! ”

Although thousands of domestic slaves of the two classes of ministers were beaten by Wei Bao's people, they were angry, but they still couldn't help but thank them one after another.

This made the two ministers who opposed Wei Bao also blushing and embarrassed, they were not as good as Wei Bao.

Wei Bao made the officialdom of North Korea and the associated forces of officialdom return to his heart with this move.

"Master Taifu, then let's go." Gu Hong saw that Wei Bao had all been arranged, so he said.

"Can't go!" Wei Bao said immediately.

The ministers of the two classes and Gu Hong were shocked, not knowing what Wei Bao was going to do.

"You'll all have to stay and eat!" Wei Bao said with a smile: "So many people can't be invited, and there is no such a big place, but since you have come to me, you have stood again this afternoon, and you must be tired now, so you have to taste my wine and food here." ”

Gu Hong and the ministers of the two classes knew that Wei Bao was going to treat them, and they breathed a sigh of relief, but no one dared to eat Wei Bao's wine and food, Shen Jingyu, Li Gui, Hong Yi and Hong Zhuyuan's father and son, the four of them are still imprisoned in Wei Bao's mansion, just now, who dares to eat this meal? Don't eat and eat, go in yourself.

"Thank you Taifu for your kindness, we are all tired and want to go back to rest early." Gu Hongdao.

"But you have to eat when you go back, and if you refuse to stay here to eat, I can only have people send it to you from house to house." Wei Bao said loudly: "If you don't want to see me Wei Bao, I won't be there when you eat, everyone just have to eat and drink with peace of mind." ”

When the ministers of the two classes heard Wei Bao say this, they all felt that it was not easy to refuse, and they could all feel Wei Bao's sincerity.

Wei Bao saw that everyone's attitude had changed, and said enthusiastically: "If you want to assassinate me, I won't care about you, everyone will be reconciled from now on, but you still won't give me face?" ”

Everyone was stunned, they really didn't expect Wei Bao to say such a thing, they saw the attitude of Gu Hong and Wei Bao, and saw Wei Bao agreeing to everyone to leave, they knew that the upper echelons must have reached a settlement agreement, but they didn't expect Wei Bao to still speak so ruthlessly, and they were nervous, and they didn't know what Wei Bao meant.

Wei Bao smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, everyone, some festivals are like a pustule bulging, you must break the pus, let the pus flow away, in order to scar as soon as possible, in order to get better." Alright, alright, come on, big feast, I'm going to have a good drink with these adults today. Then invite the two ministers who were not present! also let people go to the palace to bring a message to see if Li Liang is willing to come. ”

Wang Qiuya agreed, and hurriedly ordered people to go down to do something.

The ministers of the two classes listened to Wei Bao one by one, and it was very unpleasant at first, but now it doesn't matter.

In the way that Wei Bao, the name of Li Kun, was called, Wei Bao himself and Li Liang were placed on the same level, and even above Li Kun.

Also, Wei Bao's arrest of Shen Jingwei, Li Gui, Hong Yi and Hong Zhuyuan father and son today, the four of them are not entirely to shake their prestige, to give these ministers who oppose him the next step, and an important role is to let these officials know that his power is already higher than that of Li Liang, and he can directly arrest high-ranking officials! Isn't it the same as the king of Joseon?

No matter how big Taifu is, he is only a fictitious position, but he does not have the power to directly arrest high-ranking officials.

Even if Li Liang himself wants to arrest high-ranking officials, he has to consult with two classes of important ministers first, and only after everyone reaches an agreement can he do it, and he can't say that he will arrest whoever he arrests.

The two classes of ministers in North Korea have a total of nearly 500 people.

Among them, there are nearly 300 people who oppose Wei Bao, and they are all here.

There are also nearly two hundred neutral people, or the two classes of ministers who have already set their hearts on Wei Bao and the Heaven and Earth Society, they did not show up, and Wei Bao is now sending people to invite these people.

Wei Bao's presidential palace is no smaller than the Joseon royal palace, and it is the residence of the largest powerful minister in the era of Gwanghaejun Li Hui, which has always been vacant, because Li Liang has been in power for a short time, and many of the wealth and industries left over from the era of Gwanghaejun Li Hui have not yet had time to deal with it.

But in the previous stage, Li Liang and the two classes of ministers, princes and nobles fled from Seoul, which gave Wei Bao and the Heaven and Earth Society an opportunity, and the Heaven and Earth Society had already pocketed all such properties and wealth.

Therefore, the main hall of Wei Bao's mansion, plus the courtyard, can accommodate five or six hundred people without any pressure, and even one or two thousand people can be entertained at one time.

Although it is still the middle of the first month and winter, and there is occasionally heavy snow at night, the main hall of Wei Bao's mansion and the corridor in the large courtyard are not cold.

When the banquet was up, it happened to be snowing heavily, which added a little romance.

The arrival of the neutral faction led by General Cho, the Gyeonggi Provincial Training General of Cho Guiren, or the arrival of the two classes of ministers who were already inclined to Wei Bao, also represented all the principal officials in Seoul, and it can be said that all the main officials of North Korea, had arrived and gathered in President Wei's mansion.

"Lord Taifu, His Royal Highness said that he was ill and could not be invited to the banquet, so he was specially given a pair of golden lion paperweights, and I hope that Taifu will have fun with everyone." An internal official came to the palace to convey Li Kun's words.

Wei Bao knew that Li Liang would not come, and he really refused to come.

"There is Father-in-law Lao." Wei Bao got up politely and said to Wu Xuexia: "Thank you to your father-in-law." ”

Wu Xuexia nodded, and then motioned to Wang Qiuya, who signaled to a beautiful secretary and gave the internal official and eunuch who sent the message fifty taels of silver as a thank you.

Seeing that Wei Bao was so generous, the eunuch was grateful, and left.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's drink." After Wei Bao looked at a pair of golden lion paperweights, he secretly thought that there were about thirty or forty taels, and Li Liang was generous this time.

Nearly 500 ministers from the two classes of North Korea stood up together and toasted Wei Bao, who was sitting in the main seat: "To Lord Taifu." ”

Wei Bao smiled, stood up, and looked at the neat two classes of ministers of nearly five hundred Koreans, quite a bit of the momentum of the world: "I also respect everyone!" Cheers! ”

Wei Bao said and drank the wine in his cup.

Nearly 500 ministers from the two shifts of North Korea also drank a glass of wine.

Wei Bao looked at everyone with satisfaction, knowing that it would not be so simple, those ministers who opposed him would not oppose him from now on, just like ministers who had their hearts on themselves, and they would not casually become ministers who opposed him.

Perhaps, the most difficult thing to change in the world is people's hearts.

But from now on, at least on the surface, his relationship with the Joseon Dynasty is more harmonious, and it is easy not to have another dispute in the future, which is what Wei Bao needs.

"Master Taifu, my family only took out 66,800 taels of silver, and I really can't take it out." At this time, Li Gui's son came over to Wei Baodao.

Li Gui's son is also a minister of the two classes, and he came over accompanied by Gu Hong.

Gu Hong said: "Master Taifu, just tolerate Master Li Gui's family, right?" It's true that they can't take it out, if Heaven and Earth don't confiscate their family's real estate, they can still take it out, and now they have really exhausted everything. ”

Wei Bao didn't know what to say, and was thinking about the wording.

At this time, Shen Jingyao's son also came over, and also said: "Master Taifu, I apologize to you on behalf of my father, my family only took out 39,200 taels of silver, although my family is a prince, but it is true that I can't take out so much, and now I have turned out all the family funds." ”

Gu Hong also said: "Yes, Master Taifu, Lord Shen Jingyi, please be accommodating, right?" Just sell me a thin noodle and ask Master Taifu to be accommodating. ’

The other ministers of the two classes present also helped to intercede.

The two classes of ministers present today are almost all of the ministers of the two classes, and only one or two people are because

Wei Bao paused, and then said: "Originally, Lord Shen Jingyu and Lord Li Gui said that they would be fined 100,000 taels of silver, and according to my temper, not a penny of silver is allowed, but since Lord Gu Hong and all the adults have helped to speak, this face still has to be given!" 90,000 taels of silver! Each of the two of you will pay 90,000 taels of silver, and then Lord Shen Jingyu and Lord Li Gui will come out and apologize to me in public, forget it! This is my first concession! ”

Even if it is 90,000 taels of silver, it is extra today, but when Li Gui and Shen Jingqi's son heard that Wei Bao had subtracted 10,000 taels of silver at once, he was as happy as if he had picked up 10,000 taels of silver, and thanked him repeatedly.

Gu Hong originally wanted to help Shen Jingyu and Li Gui fight for some more reductions, but Wei Bao still refused to let go.

Gu Hong could only mobilize the other two classes of ministers to help Li Guijia and Shen Jingyu's family a little bit.

In the end, the nearly 300 ministers of the two classes who opposed Wei Bao were quite united, you donated 500 taels of silver, and he donated 300 taels of silver, which helped Li Gui and Shen Jing to collect the ransom.

I don't know if it should be called ransom or bail, anyway, if it is called ransom, it's a bit inappropriate, and Wei Bao looks like a bandit.

Li Gui's son and Shen Jingyi's son handed over the collected ransom to Wei Bao's people.

Wei Bao didn't even glance at the mountains of silver, and wrote lightly: "They must also apologize to my people in public!" Outside my mansion, I don't know whose power they have fought against! ”

Gu Hong hurriedly said to the two people: "You hurry up and persuade your father, hurry up and come out to apologize to Master Taifu, don't be reckless anymore." ”

Shen Jingyao's son and Li Gui's son hurriedly nodded and said yes, both of them were much older than Wei Bao, but in front of Wei Bao, the two of them seemed to be very young, completely helpless.

Then Shen Jingyao's son and Li Gui's son went with Wei Bao's men to pick up their father.

When Shen Jingwei and Li Gui came out, Princess Zhenming happened to arrive.

If it weren't for the family going back to report that Hong Yi and Hong Zhuyuan had been arrested by the Taifu Mansion, Princess Zhenming would not have come.

Princess Zhenming failed to seduce President Wei, and she really didn't have the courage to see Wei Bao again.

I don't know what the reason is, anyway, Princess Zhenming feels very lost, she feels that Wei Bao seems to be more interested in Zhao Guiren than in her.

You must know that Zhao Guiren is a person who has already married a woman, although she has been married in name, but in the end, she is still a girl, and she is younger than Zhao Guiren, and Princess Zhenming is more beautiful than Zhao Guiren when she asks herself, which is really frustrating.

What's more, because it was rumored that Wei Bao liked her before, this made Princess Zhenming a little arrogant in her heart, but she didn't expect that it was not like this at all.

After Princess Zhenming successfully asked to see her, she entered the hall of the President's Mansion, "Lord Taifu, please forgive my father and my husband, right?" As far as I know, they didn't confront Master Taifu in person, and besides, it was impossible for our family to come up with 300,000 taels of silver! My father and my husband are both honest and honest officials, and the family is usually very poor, and there are less than ten people in the house. It is impossible to pay 300,000 taels of silver. ”

Wei Bao waited for Princess Zhenming to finish speaking, and did not answer her words, but said to Li Gui and Shen Jing: "If you have anything to say, you can say it in front of everyone." ”

Li Gui and Shen Jingyi, one is Li Liang's hardcore henchmen, who played a pivotal role in the incident of Li Liang's overthrow of Guanghaijun Li Hui anyway.

One is Li Liang's cousin, the hardcore minister of the Southern People's Party.

Both of them are close to Li Liang, so they are also the ones who can best understand Wei Bao's harm to the Korean court and swear to oppose Wei Bao.

But now, after being imprisoned by Wei Bao's men for an afternoon, they have lost a lot of sharpness.

What's more, because the sons of the two people have been persuaded for a long time just now, the family is rummaging through the cabinets before they pay the 'ransom'.

Therefore, now Li Gui and Shen Jingyu have completely lost sight of the arrogance outside the President's Mansion just now, openly leading people to oppose Wei Bao.

Having said that, it is difficult for the two of them to wipe off their face after all, just now the two of them were so arrogant outside Wei Bao's president's mansion, but now they want to apologize to Wei Bao in public, this turn is really too big.

Princess Zhenming saw that Wei Bao didn't answer her words, so she could only stand aside silently and wait.

Anyway, Princess Zhenming didn't believe that Shen Jingyi and Li Gui, who had always been iron-blooded and arrogant, would apologize to Wei Bao and give in to Wei Bao in front of so many people.

If the attitudes of Shen Jingwei and Li Gui have changed, then the entire North Korean officialdom will have to bow to Wei Bao in the future.

Not only Princess Zhenming and Wei Bao, but also Lin Wenbiao, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and others, including all the ministers present, nearly five hundred ministers of the two classes, whether it was the ministers of the two classes who opposed Wei Bao, or the ministers of the two classes who remained neutral, or the ministers of the two classes who had already turned their hearts to Wei Bao and the Heaven and Earth Society, everyone stared at Li Gui and Shen Jingwei with wide eyes, to see what they said?

Li Gui and Shen Jingjiao's faces were flushed, and they didn't know what to say now.

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