"Master Fu, I understand, but this doesn't prevent Xiong Tingbi from biting the people of the Donglin Party in turn, right?" Wei Bao said: "Are you worried that because Your Majesty doesn't like Xiong Tingbi, Xiong Tingbi must die, and no one can intercede for Xiong Tingbi?" ”

"Well, I thought you were such a smart person, Master Wei, you couldn't understand this! It is precisely because His Majesty hates Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi, especially Xiong Tingbi, that the nine thousand years old have to use Xiong Tingbi to drag the Donglin Party into the water, if it is according to what you said, let Xiong Tingbi bite the Donglin Party in turn, and wait for His Majesty to move towards the Donglin Party, isn't this self-defeating? So, fortunately, you told me about this in advance, so I didn't think I had heard of it, and you must not mention it to Nine Thousand Years Old again. Fu Yingxing said.

Wei Bao hurriedly said: "Thank you Master Fu for your love for me, Xia Guan is grateful!" ”

After saying goodbye to Fu Yingxing, Wei Bao rushed back to his mansion.

Now that the Xiong brothers and sisters have been temporarily left by him, he doesn't have to go to find them for the Xiong brothers and sisters, Xiong Tingbi's wife, and the mansion where several family members live temporarily.

Later generations always thought that the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, was too mediocre. In fact, whoever is in the position of the emperor will also tilt the balance of support to Wei Zhongxian's side.

The emperor just said again and again, I know who Wei Zhongxian is, so I don't need you to talk nonsense. You squeezed out Wei Zhongxian just to better control me, don't think I don't know.

Wei Bao can see it by looking at Yang Lian's recital to the emperor. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and the concubines of the three palaces are entrusted with their lives to Zhongxian and Hakka, can you not chill? His Majesty said that the palace is strictly forbidden, and the outer court is safe, and there is a saying that 'if you want people to know, Mo Ruofu is', and there is no one who does not know about it. It is also said that the left and right screens and the holy bow will be isolated. His Majesty is a body, and the ministers and workers are supporting him, how can he rely on loyalty? If Zhongxian and Hakka don't go for a day, I'm afraid that the forbidden court will influence the people of Zhongxian and Hakka, not His Majesty, and His Majesty will really be isolated from Shang'er.

Zhongxian was furious, pretentious, and not yet guilty.

From the content of Yang Lian's recital to the emperor, it can be seen that the emperor has always trusted Wei Zhongxian, and even thinks that the Donglin Party's attack on Wei Zhongxian is all true.

This fiasco suffered by the Donglin Party was the result of the Hakka clan and Wei Zhongxian's partnership to deceive Zhu Youxiao. The real reason is obviously not so simple.

When the Donglin Party was at its most powerful, it was the early years of the Apocalypse. During this period, the army of the Ming Empire was first beaten by Nurhachi and retreated to the west of the Liao River, and later was beaten back to Shanhaiguan by Nurhachi.

If that's all, it's not a big deal.

After all, there was a worse time in the Ming Dynasty than at this time, so miserable that even the emperor was taken captive.

The problem is that the Donglin Party was in a high position at that time, but it all looked like it had nothing to do with me.

All day long, they will only play conspiracy, and they will only quarrel.

has been roasting the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao on the fire.

It has always been, it's not about you, it's hanging high.

It should have been better to know that it was wrong and to say less.

The more this happens, the more the emperor will be extremely disappointed in them.

In the face of this situation, don't say that the emperor is not a fool, even if the emperor is a fool, he will want to give the Donglin Party some color.

A group of people brag nonsense every day, as long as the boss reuses himself, how can he be.

After the boss reused them, the company's performance became a mess. But they opened their mouths and closed their mouths, blaming the boss, blaming colleagues, blaming subordinates, but not blaming them.

Faced with this situation, the emperor naturally felt that the Donglin Party was a group of big fools.

Later, they actually tried to use the method of pointing the deer as a horse to get the emperor to cancel the restrictions imposed on them by the inner court, and the emperor naturally wanted to clean them up.

Emperor Chongzhen later became cold-blooded and ruthless towards the bureaucracy, and many times, for similar reasons.

It's just that Chongzhen doesn't know why he doesn't look down on the power of eunuchs, refuses to reuse the eunuchs around him, and refuses to get a second Wei Zhongxian out.

This is mainly related to Chongzhen's own being too active and diligent.

Therefore, Wei Bao felt that Wei Zhongxian's ability was greater than Chongzhen's, and the ability of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse was greater than that of Wei Zhongxian, so Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse was completely Chongzhen!

Zhu Youxiao hides in the palace all day long, and you only sleep for two or three hours a day, and you are covered with patches, you can definitely be called Chongzhen who works hard to manage the Ming Dynasty, are you ashamed of Chongzhen?

Looking at the Emperor of the Apocalypse reusing Wei Zhongxian from the perspective of a hero and legend, it is naturally unreasonable.

But judging from the rules of the political game, it is almost inevitable that the Emperor of the Apocalypse will reuse Wei Zhongxian.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen first became emperor, he was bent on cutting off eunuch politics.

After two or three years as emperor, he immediately resumed eunuch politics again.

Because Chongzhen finally discovered that eunuch politics may have many drawbacks, but there are even more drawbacks in destroying this system.

In general, the decline and fall of the Ming Empire was not caused by a certain emperor, nor by a certain eunuch.

Wei Bao didn't even think that the black cauldron was all from the Donglin Party, or that they were all from the civilian clique.

With the accumulation of an empire over the years, the population will naturally reach the peak of agricultural productivity, various social contradictions will naturally intensify, and vested interest groups will inevitably continue to expand.

Coupled with the rare natural disasters of a thousand years, the Xiaoice River Period, which lasted for more than half a century, further intensified various contradictions.

At this point, in fact, there is some powerlessness.

This is like an old man in his nineties, the Ming Empire was founded for nearly three hundred years, in the history of China's imperial politics, this kind of life expectancy is definitely equivalent to a ninety-year-old man, if it is well maintained, it can naturally be maintained for a while.

But if some people think that if it is well maintained, it can be rejuvenated, which is too amazing.

Before Wei Zhongxian ascended the throne, the internal and external troubles of the Ming Emperor's empire became more and more serious, and corruption existed semi-openly.

After Wei Zhongxian ascended the throne, it was naturally the same.

After Wei Zhongxian's death, in fact, it was still the same.

The point is, no matter who is in power, there seems to be no sign of improvement.

As the emperor, although Chongzhen was extremely reluctant, he always thought about the country and the people.

He worked hard and tried his best to straighten the Ming Dynasty, which had collapsed the building.

He is a good emperor, but he is not a good monarch, especially because he can't handle the relationship with the cabinet correctly, so there will be a strange phenomenon of Chongzhen's fifty first assistants.

Wei Bao admits that Chongzhen is very ambitious, and it is likely that he also has a certain talent, because in this life, Wei Bao has already met Zhu Youzhen, who is still the king of faith, and can feel the unyielding strength in the bones of this introverted young man.

But I can also feel that this Zhu Youzhen is a little too confident and has become conceited, which can also be seen from the little history that Wei Bao knows in later generations.

Zhu Youzhen was very distrustful of the cabinet scholars and the generals of the army, so he was unable to form a fixed government.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were internal and external troubles, there were Manchus in the north, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong wanted to seize power, and Chongzhen also distrusted these people who held military power, so they would change this and which one would change, without a clear head, it was easy to lead to the discouragement of the army and the loss of combat effectiveness.

At the time of the Apocalypse, the eunuch party and the Donglin party fought, and when Chongzhen came, the Donglin party fought with itself, so the party struggle was an important reason for the corruption of the Ming Dynasty.

If Chongzhen can reuse a certain person as the first assistant from scratch and establish a stable cabinet, maybe the Ming Dynasty can also survive Huang Taiji.

But history has no ifs, Wei Bao never thought that he could have much impact on history, let alone that he could change Chongzhen, he wanted to give grace to Chongzhen, but he didn't think about becoming a good friend with a person like Chongzhen.

Webpo wasn't so stupid.

Wei Bao sometimes thinks about Chongzhen and thinks it's fun, the operation is as fierce as a tiger, and in hindsight it is bronze, no, no, no, the bronze has lifted him, it is a broken old iron, or a rusty one.

Sometimes a little extreme, Wei Bao feels that Chongzhen is not even as good as Cixi.

If you want to replace Chongzhen with Cixi, there is a chance for the Ming Dynasty to be extended for fifty years.

Compared with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Twisting Army, etc., the situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty is not much worse than that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but Cixi's rights should be put down, and those that should be held tightly should be held tightly.

Later, someone reported Zeng Guofan's rebellion, and a group of Hunan army generals did have that kind of thought, but Cixi only secretly guarded against it, and still rewarded and trusted Zeng Guofan on the surface.

If it were Chongzhen, it was estimated that a large group of people under Zeng Guofan would be forced to rebel or die.

Therefore, Chongzhen is a typical example of the incompetence of the coach and the exhaustion of thousands of troops. Whether it is against the Houjin in Liaodong, or against the peasant army in the northwest, or in internal affairs, it is a constant operation.

The commander of the front-line battlefield, he often replaces, arrests and jails, or kills them because of the remarks made up by a few filthy officials, and then imagines a bunch of reasons.

Think about the more than ten years that he was the emperor, he actually changed 17 criminal department scholars, 14 military department secretaries and 50 cabinet scholars, and even 7 military department scholars were killed by him.

The people on the front line of the frontal battlefield don't know more than you Chongzhen in the palace? Don't you know more than those officials who stay at home and sour?

It's a pity that there were so many cattle people in the late Ming Dynasty, if these people gave Cixi, they could create several Zhongxing!

What Ming died in Wanli, died in the apocalypse, etc., are all joint and several responsibility, to say direct responsibility, Wei Bao still feels that the Ming Dynasty really died in the hands of Chongzhen.

Wei Bao is now going to accumulate enough strength for self-protection before Chongzhen comes to power, and when the Donglin Party is divided into a pile of scattered sand, and he fights with himself, he Wei can be the only power of the family, so as not to let Chongzhen harm the poor people too much.

If Da Ming had a more suitable heir, Wei Bao would have wanted to kill Zhu Youzhen, but unfortunately he really couldn't think of it, if he killed Zhu Youzhen, it would be a forced change in history, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

With Wei Bao's current experience, as long as he forcibly changes history, the obstacles will be doubled.

And the Ming Dynasty has already declined like this, and if there is a battle for the throne, where can it be possible to survive Chongzhen for seventeen years.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen is the second to the bottom, and the first to last is Yingzong.

After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, he was the governor of Jiliao in the first year of Chongzhen, and in June he was taken down because Yan was a eunuch, and he was replaced by Zhang Fengyi. But it is not clear whether Lao Zhang has arrived, and he was replaced by Yu Anxing in August.

In the second year of Chongzhen, there was a mutiny in Jimen, and the history of the Ming Dynasty said that Liu Ce took over as governor in the summer. At the same time, there was also a governor, Wang Xiangqian, who was not responsible for defense.

But after Yu Anxing, Liu Ce did not seem to be directly responsible for the defense of Jizhen, which sandwiched a Shuntian governor Wang Yuanya, who actually presided over the defense of Jizhou two years after Chongzhen, and Chongzhen gave him the responsibility of being responsible for the defense of Jizhen.

Until the second half of the year, Yuan Chonghuan reminded Jizhou that the defense was all said to this Wang Yuanya, and this Wang Yuanya was only responsible for Ji, and did not have the authority to communicate and coordinate Jiliao.

So, what is Liu Ce doing here? Liu Ce was clearly unlucky, and the ghost was not responsible for anything as soon as he took office, so he was cut down because of his own changes.

Jizhen, a key defense area, has frequently changed people in the selection of important governors, and the powers and responsibilities are unclear. In the end, Zhao Shujiao was refused to enter the city by the general soldiers of the Santun Battalion and the whole army was annihilated, which was because of the lack of the authority of the governor of Jiliao to coordinate in the middle, and the reason why Guan Ning and the general soldiers of each town in Jizhen acted separately.

Not to mention that there is a Jiliao Governor above the Governor of Jiliao, saying that he doesn't care about Ji, and he clearly interferes with Jizhen repeatedly, saying that he is in charge, but he does not clearly manage it.

This is the chaos in Jizhen in less than two years on the eve of the Jisi Change.

Chongzhen's fierce operation, the late Qi Jiguang's resurrection is powerless.

Back at the mansion, Wei Bao gave a general account of the situation, and did not say whether he was looking for Wei Zhongxian or who.

When the brothers and sisters of the Xiong family heard this, their hearts immediately felt cold, and they were half cold, and they couldn't speak at all.

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming were also present, and they didn't know how to comfort the Xiong brothers and sisters.

"So, is Daddy hopeless?" Xiong Xin'er asked in a trembling voice.

Wei Bao shook his head: "I really can't think of a way. People from all walks of life want your father to die, and the most important thing is that the emperor wants your father to die. ”

"Can you try to change the tanuki for the prince? Now let's leave the matter of exonerating Lord Xiong for now, and think about whether we can get a death row prisoner to replace Lord Xiong, "Wu Xuexia is very brainy.

Wei Bao couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, secretly thinking that you are fortunately an ancient girl, otherwise I would have thought that you were also a giant in time, did you watch too many TV series in modern times?

Replaced by a death row inmate? How many people do you have to hide from that? Such a big thing, even if Wei Zhongxian nodded, it was useless, how many people knew Xiong Tingbi? After killing Xiong Tingbi, Xiong Tingbi's head will be used to pass the head of the nine sides.

"Lord Xiong knows too many people, and if he wants to pass on the first nine sides after death, this matter cannot be hidden." Princess Zhenming said.

Wu Xuexia herself also knew that her idea was in vain, mainly because her identity was very similar to Xiong Xin'er, and she felt that Xiong Xin'er was both gentle and beautiful, but also so pitiful, and felt pity for Xiong Xin'er, so she couldn't help but come up with a useless idea, otherwise with Wu Xuexia's wisdom, under normal circumstances, she would not have come up with such an idea.

"Forget it, Master Wei, we've already caused you a lot of trouble, since it's useless for Lord Wei to try so hard, let's go back." Xiong Zhaoqi was desolate and wanted to say goodbye to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao really wanted to save Xiong Tingbi, and Xiong Xin'er had said before that no matter whether Wei Bao could save her father or not, she would be Wei Bao's person all her life.

The girl promised her whole life in advance, and this kind of pressure is not small for Wei Bao.

If you can't save Xiong Tingbi, you will lose the sister of the Xiong family and the whole family of the Xiong family.

"Actually, you can try to rob the prison." Wei Bao gritted his teeth.

He once thought about doing this, but no matter whether he succeeded or failed, he would definitely die a lot of brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, and it was estimated that he himself would have to break with the Ming Dynasty, this matter could never be hidden, and the last time the Heaven and Earth Society was able to rob the gold and silver and antiques of the Jin merchant firm from the capital division, it was a lucky operation, no one died, and then the operation again, Wei Bao estimated that the operation was a thousand times, and there may be a few times at most to succeed.

Moreover, at that time, he was not an official of the Ming court, he had not yet entered the officialdom, he did not have his current power, he was light and bold.

In today's situation, he would be afraid of what he had already obtained, and he would never dare to make the decision to rob the Jin merchant ticket number casually.

Hearing Wei Bao say this, Xiong Zhaoqi, Xiong Xin'er, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming all looked at Wei Bao in shock.

"No! Lord Wei's heart, Xin'er and I received it, this matter must not be done, and it can't cost many people for my father's life alone. Jinyiwei Prison is a heavy place, guarded by heavy soldiers, it is difficult to succeed, even if it is successful, how many people will die? Moreover, it really became a rebellion, and I believe that Daddy didn't want anyone to rebel because of him. Xiong Zhaoqi said.

Wei Bao just said it casually, if he didn't say so, he was panicked, and he couldn't raise his head in front of Xiong Xin'er in the future, he now has such a word, and there will be no faceless problem in the future.

I really tried my best, but I really didn't have a way.

"Lord Wei, I can't die a lot for my father alone, I and my family have received Lord Wei's heart." Xiong Xin'er also said: "Now I just ask Master Wei to let me and my brother see my father again." ”

Wei Bao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't happen, but I haven't given up on rescuing your father!" The emperor wants your father to die, but the emperor hates Donglin and the gang even more, so I will let people secretly release the rumor now, saying that it is the people of Donglin who advocate your father's death! They want your father to bear the same heavy punishment as Wang Huazhen! And Wei Zhongxian wanted to protect your father, but he was pressed by Donglin and couldn't intercede for Lord Xiong. ”

Xiong Zhaoqi and Xiong Xin'er couldn't help but light up when they heard Wei Bao say this.

"Is this really possible?" Xiong Xin'er touched the tears on her face, and her voice was already choked.

Wang Qiuya hurriedly handed over a clean handkerchief to Xiong Xin'er to wipe her tears.

"Maybe." Wu Xuexia said thoughtfully.