However, looking at Gao Di's style of acting, I'm afraid it's difficult.

"Master Gao doesn't have to spend too much, I wrap a red envelope because I am a junior, a junior, and I should pay tribute to my predecessors, especially a Confucian like Lord Gao, full of economy, and experienced as an official, this is a learning opportunity that can't be sought." Wei Bao laughed.

"Look, is it a new science detective, how can he talk? My knowledge is not worth mentioning, I was a third-ranking jinshi at the beginning. Gao Di said modestly: "As for being an official for decades, it is also in the locality, relying on His Majesty and the court, and I am fortunate to meet good people and officials to work hard. ”

"Okay, okay, Lord Gao, Lord Wei, you don't have to be so polite, the five of us, now we are people sitting in the same boat, Jiliao and Liaodong's military horses are not fuel-efficient lamps, this trip to Liaodong is by no means an errand with oil and water, let's go through the motions in a few days." However, it is still very pleasant to be able to walk with such talkative officials as Lord Gao and Lord Wei. Liu Chao said with a smile.

Obviously, among the three of Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu and Ji Yong, Liu Chao is the eunuch who is the leader.

Wei Bao knows very well that there is also a strict hierarchy among the eunuchs, and this hierarchy is related to the closeness and status of Wei Zhongxian on the one hand, and the length of time he has been in the palace and the length of time he has served as a great eunuch on the other hand.

Eunuchs value rank more than officials.

With Liu Chao's words, Hu Liangfu and Ji Yong also nodded yes together.

"What Gonggong Liu said is that the border troops of Jiliao and Liaodong have been away for a long time, and most of the generals are hereditary, which is very difficult to manage. Jiliao is a little better, and the Liaodong Frontier Army doesn't take anyone in his eyes, and they all look like uncles. Now that Elder Sun Ge is still in office, my Liaodong strategy is just a decoration, and I can only go through the motions. Gaudi nodded.

"I also agree with the words of a few grand dukes and tall adults, let's talk while eating, shall we?" Wei Bao smiled and beckoned everyone to eat and drink.

Although it could be seen that these people were very uninterested in going to Liaodong this time, and even had the intention of resisting, Wei Bao tried his best to warn himself not to show an attitude of being in a hurry to go to Liaodong and to make meritorious contributions.

Several people were very polite, shushing each other, saying some kind words, anyway, they just didn't talk about the topic.

Wei Bao asked, "The three grand dukes, Lord Gao, how do you say we should disarm?" Take a step back and say, this disarmament is very troublesome, right? ”

"Actually, it's simple, as long as Master Wei dares to send their actual numbers, it is equivalent to laying off people! It is common for each of them to falsely report tens of thousands of people. If they still want to be disarmed, let them go and fight with Jiannu, and if they don't replenish after the fight, won't they be disarmed? Gao Di smiled: "The difficulty is that people won't let you count the actual number of people at all." ”

"It's not that they won't let us, we have served the holy decree." Wei Bao pretended to be cute.

Gao Di smiled: "What about the holy decree?" Everyone has military power in their hands, and they may not pay attention to us. In the past, those governors and managers who did not end well, not to mention how much actual talent there were, if everyone could grasp the actual military power, in fact, there was not much difficulty in holding Liaodong. They are all just taking the blame, North Korea is pressing, and they have to take action, otherwise what will the imperial court do with the millions of taels of military funds allocated to Jiliao and Liaodong every year? Then the soldiers below, the generals and governors were not moved. Everyone has a share in the money, and everyone avoids it when they fight a war. To put it bluntly, that's it. ”

Wei Bao nodded secretly when he listened, isn't this the same as the stinky feet of the national football team in later generations?

With a high salary, the technology stinks badly, and when he arrives at the national team, he is afraid of injury, he can't work hard, the coach can't manage the players, and there are fans and the Football Association behind him.

Domestic coaches don't get much money, and they have a lot of infamy.

It's the same with foreign coaches, the world's big-name coaches came, and they understood the situation in a few days, and then mixed one day at a time, and came with a high salary.

In a vicious circle, no one cares about youth training, resulting in no training, no follow-up talents, and worse and worse results, even small countries in Southeast Asia can't kick.

"There's always a solution, right? I will definitely be a good pawn of the tall man, and I will do what the tall man says. Wei Bao said.

"I don't have a way, is there any good way for the three grand dukes?" Gaudi laughed.

Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu and Ji Yong's heads shook like rattles, and they all said that there was no way.

"Lord Gao, Lord Wei, we are the deputy supervisors, let's go and see what kind of mutiny and mutiny have happened below, mutiny, such a big thing, we just need to inform the court, to the celebrant supervisor, and to Your Majesty, we have so much power, what can we do." Liu Chao said with a smile.

Wei Bao smiled, secretly thinking, yes, they are all the masters of the day, the five people present are almost equivalent to the latest national team coaching team, this has not yet started, and the defeat is already doomed.

Wei Bao estimated that the four of them were thinking about how to avoid risks, not to take the blame, not to bear the infamy, even if they burned high incense.

It seems that he is the only one who is worried about completing the task of disarmament and meritorious service to Jiannu sent by Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Bao knew very well that Wei Zhongxian actually didn't plan to really disarm himself, and really give Jiannu a little color to keep the peace outside the Guanwai.

Wei Zhongxian just gave himself a problem and raised the threshold for himself to become the governor of Shanghai's defense.

The attitudes of several people and Wei Zhongxian's calculations, all of which made Master Wei so anxious.

"I think, why don't we leave for Shanhaiguan tomorrow? Leaving early can also let people see that we are diligent, and when we arrive at Shanhaiguan, we can play freely for a few days, take a good rest, find everyone in Shanhaiguan to discuss matters, and we can also speak early. Wei Bao said.

Gao Di smiled: "It's almost the same to go early and late, I have no opinion, Master Wei, it seems that you are in a hurry to make meritorious service." ”

Hearing Gao Di say this, the other three great eunuchs also laughed.

Wei Bao was a little embarrassed, secretly thinking that these guys were all human spirits, and he wanted to hide in front of them that he was not in a hurry, and he was also in a careless mentality, so he couldn't do it anyway.

But the more urgent they behave, the more they will leave opportunities for these people, and they will let themselves be the first bird and shield in everything.

So, Wei Bao decided to talk less and listen more, with a few people Shahara.

The meal was meaningless and did not achieve the effect that Wei Bao expected at all.

couldn't help but make Wei Bao discouraged, feeling that he couldn't even go out, let alone say that it was not good to be a teacher.

Wei Bao knew that this was a typical Chinese officialdom, and it had been the case for thousands of years, and it was not a problem that he encountered alone, but it was really tricky.

Wu Xuexia saw Wei Bao depressed and returned to the president's mansion, so she asked about the situation.

Wei Bao was depressed and told him about the situation of eating with Gao Di, Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu, and Ji Yong today.

Wu Xuexia smiled: "Isn't this all expected? It is the president who has fantasies about them that makes him feel uncomfortable. ”

Wei Bao smiled and nodded: "It should be like this, it is indeed expected, but I thought about things too simply." ”

"The president has been doing things very smoothly before, and that's because the president is the leader, and in Shandong, the president has the final say, and after winning Li Jingbai and Liu Yango, things have become simpler. When I arrived in Liaoxi and Liaodong, it was completely different, and the president was not outside the border as the governor of Jiliao, there was Gao Di, a few eunuchs who supervised the army, there was Inspector Sun, and a bunch of unrestrained generals, as well as a hereditary family like my father, plus it was impossible for us to bring soldiers and horses to Liaodong this time, there was no power, no army, just with the president's mouth, the president would naturally feel that everything was not going well, and everything was blocked. ”

"So how do you get them to go sooner? This old fox is so difficult that I can't count on him. Wei Bao said.

"You have to think about this, you have to find a suitable reason, and you must not directly say that you will go to Liaodong to work." Wu Xuexia said.

While Wei Bao and Wu Xuexia were talking, a beautiful secretary of the president's secretariat came to report: "President, Gao Di sent someone to send a gift." It is said that it is to make up a wedding gift to the president, and I wish the president and his wife a hundred years of happiness. ”

Wei Bao sweated, and wrapped a red envelope of 1,000 taels of silver for dinner, but he didn't expect Gao Di to return the gift so quickly, it seems that this is to dissociate himself from himself, and he refuses to take advantage of himself.

"He's quite good at finding reasons, I've been married for more than a month, what kind of congratulatory gifts do you want to make up now? I'm used to others taking advantage of us, and it's really troublesome to meet people who don't get this kind of oil and salt. Wei Bao complained to Wu Xuexia.

"Want to see what the other party has sent, right? This kind of person is not impossible to deal with, people like Gao Di, similar to my father, they will use their brains to get money, they don't like to fake other people's hands, they like to rely on themselves, they are very careful in doing things, they are especially cautious in small places, and they will not easily leave a handle for others. Wu Xuexia said.

"I think Gao Di is even more powerful than your father, because Gao Di also knows how to win people's hearts, to the people, to the soldiers below, to colleagues, can do everything, you see that Gao Di is neither a eunuch party, nor a Donglin party, but he is very popular in the imperial court, otherwise Wei Zhongxian would not have strongly supported a non-eunuch party to govern Liaodong and replace Sun Chengzong." Wei Bao Road.

Wu Xuexia nodded and smiled: "There are many people who are more powerful than my father, but my father also has the advantages of my father, my father is easier to be content, or it can also be said that he is timid, and he can hold one acre and three points of land in Liaoxi, and if he doesn't look for trouble, my father will feel at ease." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "What is the advantage of this?" This is typical landlord thinking. ”

"I can't say that." Wu Xuexia heard Wei Bao say that her father, and it was rare to talk back to Wei Bao, "When you reach a power base like my father, you can do your duty and not think about it, but it's not easy, you see that my uncle has jumped out a lot." ”

Wei Bao nodded and smiled: "That's true, compared to your uncle, your father is much more pleasing to the eye." ”

Wu Xuexia flew Wei Bao with a pretty white eye.

Then Wu Xuexia followed Wei Bao to see what Gao Di had sent.

Unexpectedly, Gao Di sent a bunch of rhinoceros horn golden lion paperweights.

Wei Bao is not proficient in antiques, but when he sees that the boxes in the packaging look very expensive, he knows that the price is expensive.

Wu Xuexia is a knowledgeable person, Princess Zhenming is also a knowledgeable person, not to mention Zhang Meiyuan, what good things are not in the British Mansion?

Yang Xue, Xiong Xin'er, and Wang Qiuya's knowledge was slightly worse, they didn't speak on the side, they just watched.

"This box is made of golden silk nanmu, and the box alone will cost at least three or four thousand taels of silver!" Princess Zhenming said.

Wei Bao was taken aback, so precious? This is still the Ming Dynasty, so if it is put into the future generations, won't the box alone cost millions?

"The hole card of this golden lion paperweight is white marble! The top is a real rhinoceros horn, and then the top is gold, the shape is unique, it should be an object in the early years of the Song Dynasty, or even an object in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, this pair of golden lion paperweights, not counting the box, is worth at least 100,000 taels of silver! Wu Xuexia appraised.

Zhang Meiyuan nodded and said: "Well, the antiques of the peaceful and prosperous times, the gold of the troubled times, now the world is not very peaceful, if it is in the prosperous times, when the country is peaceful and peaceful, this pair of golden lion paperweights starts at least 200,000 taels of silver, and even has a price. My dad has a pair, not as beautiful as this one, and not as big as this one. ”

Wei Bao was taken aback, "Two hundred thousand taels? ”

Isn't it hundreds of millions of dollars when converted into the currency of the future? Counting the era, if the end of the Tang Dynasty is put into later generations, doesn't it have to be at least ten times more? Billions of objects?

"I gave Gao the first thousand taels of silver, I didn't expect him to be so generous, and directly return to me an object more than two hundred times?" Wei Bao was amazed.

"Gao Di is indeed much more powerful than my father, he is very clever in this hand, first expressed the meaning of friendship, he knows that the president is rich, and he is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, and the relationship with the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party is good, which is to value the status of the president and his worth. Knowing how many gifts he gave to the president, the president would definitely not take advantage of him, and he would definitely return it in the future! Secondly, Gao Di is also showing the president that he is not an ordinary person, and he is not rare in gold and silver, this is a person with skills and means. Wu Xuexia said.

When Zhang Meiyuan heard this, she couldn't help but start looking up at Wu Xuexia.

Because he had a very smooth relationship with his old father-in-law, Zhang Weixian, the British father-in-law, now Wei Bao has completely accepted Zhang Meiyuan, and important matters do not avoid Zhang Meiyuan.

Zhang Meiyuan is Wei Bao's wife, and sooner or later she will have to get in touch with the affairs of the Heaven and Earth Society and the important affairs around Wei Bao.

Originally, Zhang Meiyuan thought that Wei Bao wanted to marry Wu Xuexia and Zhao Jinfeng at the same time as her, and she was still very uncomfortable, but listening to Wu Xuexia's meticulous and comprehensive analysis, Zhang Meiyuan felt that Wu Xuexia really had something outstanding and very capable.

Not only is her life very beautiful, on par with herself, but she is also the female Zhuge next to Wei Bao.

"What now? Would you like to find something of similar value and return it? Wei Bao smiled bitterly, "I really don't have such a valuable thing in my hand, does this old guy really have so much money, or did he give me all the heirlooms?" ”

"I think let's take it first, firstly, it shows that the president is really dealing with Gao Di and eliminating Gao Di's speculation. Because the president is a disciple of Inspector Sun, Gao Di may not know if the president wants to be with him. Second, if the president dares to accept such a valuable thing, he will definitely have something in return. All Gaudi wanted was power and gold and silver! As long as the president has one heart with him, he will not lack these two things, and he is also telling the president that the president will not lack these two things in the future, and he will share them equally with the president. Wu Xuexia said.

Wei Bao nodded. looked at Zhang Meiyuan: "What does Madam think?" ”

"I agree with Xuexia's words. It's best for the husband to go to the Gaodi Mansion to thank him in person, so that Gaodi knows that the husband has a plan in his heart. Zhang Meiyuan said.

Wei Bao nodded, "Since Gao Di said that it was a wedding gift to make up for us, this valuable item should be taken by Mrs. herself." ”

"Yes." Zhang Meiyuan saluted and agreed.

Zhang Meiyuan thinks highly of Wu Xuexia, and Wu Xuexia is the same, from Zhang Meiyuan's knowledgeable and graceful and generous style, Wu Xuexia feels that Zhang Meiyuan is a person who understands everything and understands everything, but she doesn't rush to say it everywhere.

Wu Xuexia secretly compared herself with Zhang Meiyuan, feeling that she had no advantage in front of Zhang Meiyuan, and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, but she didn't take it too seriously.

Wu Xuexia loves Wei Bao, as long as the man is good, as long as Zhang Meiyuan sincerely marries into Wei Bao's family, she doesn't care about her status and status.

Wei Bao's eyes lit up, "I thought about it, didn't Gao Di, Hu Liangfu, Liu Chao and Ji Yong not care about the procrastination of going to Liaodong?" When I went to see Gao Di later, I happened to say that I was going to Liaodong to handle my marriage with Xuexia, and they were both officiants, which made it difficult for them to shirk. ”

Wu Xuexia blushed when she heard Wei Bao say that she wanted to marry herself, but she still said: "The president is right to think so!" It's much better to find a reason that someone can't refuse than to say that you want to go to the office. ”

Wei Bao was also a little proud when he heard Wu Xuexia agree with his opinion.

"Is my husband going to Liaoxi to marry Xuexia? Can I go along? Zhang Meiyuan asked.

Wei Bao didn't expect Zhang Meiyuan to offer to go together, and he couldn't help but be a little moved.

Originally, with an identity like Zhang Meiyuan, and a wife, he married a concubine, Zhang Meiyuan could go or not.

If Wu Xuexia is married to the capital from Liaoxi, Zhang Meiyuan will definitely participate.

But Wei Bao felt that he owed something to Wu Xuexia, so he wanted to go to Liaoxi to hold a beautiful wedding for Wu Xuexia, in this case, Zhang Meiyuan didn't have to go.

When Wu Xuexia heard Zhang Meiyuan say this, she was also very moved, and immediately saluted: "Thank you, madam." ”

"Sister, you're welcome." Zhang Meiyuan smiled and went over and grabbed Wu Xuexia's hand.

Princess Zhenming, Wang Qiuya, Yang Xue and Xiong Xin'er also congratulated Wu Xuexia.

Wei Bao is currently only married to a wife, and he has not yet gone to the concubine room, so he must come one by one, and it is also very good to be the head of the concubine room.

Not to mention the future, judging from Wei Bao's current strength, the Wei Bao family already has signs of a huge family.

The concubine who came first in line said that it was okay for the second lady.

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